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HOAs were measured before, at 1 day and at least 1 year postoperatively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>After SMILE, the long-term safety and effectiveness index was 1.25 and 0.85, respectively. Microdistortions were observed in 73.5% of the eyes at 2 years, with an average number of 1.20 \u00b1 1.22 microdistortions and an average width of 287.37 \u00b1 259.00 \u03bcm. We detected more microdistortions in the horizontal meridian than in the vertical meridian (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.035). The average number and width of microdistortions were both higher in the central region (\u22644 mm) than in the peripheral region (4\u20138 mm) (both <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). With the exception of horizontal trefoil in the SMILE group and vertical trefoil in the FS-LASIK group, significant changes over time were observed in all other HOAs (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Meanwhile, we detected significant increases in the total corneal HOA, spherical aberration (SA), and coma at all time-points after both surgeries (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). Compared with FS-LASIK, SMILE induced less SA (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and more horizontal coma (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.036). In the SMILE group, the HOA, SA, and trefoil were more in the small optical zone (\u22646.0 mm) than in the large optical zone (&amp;gt;6.0 mm) (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The increase in SA and most trefoil correlated with the mean number of central microdistortions number (all <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>For myopia over \u22129.0D, the microdistortions in the Bowman\u2019s layer were still detectable in most eyes long-term after SMILE. Both SMILE and FS-LASIK induced more HOAs, mainly HOA, SA, and coma. 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