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All patients had preoperative best-corrected visual acuity of LogMar 0.0 \u00b1 0, with stable refraction for 1 year and normal corneal topography. Ocular surface disease and other pathology cases were excluded. The repetition rate of the laser was 500 kHz, and the pulse energy was 110 nJ. The lenticule diameter was set at 6.5 mm, cap diameter was 7.20 mm, and intended cap thickness was 110\u2013130 \u03bc. The spot distance was 4.5 \u03bcm. All patients were evaluated immediately postoperation and on postoperative days 1, 8, and 30.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Overall, 541 eyes were included. The mean patient age was 25.03 \u00b1 4.1 years. The mean spherical error was -3.76 \u00b1 1.84 Ds. The mean cylinder was -1.24 \u00b1 0.91. The mean spherical equivalent of refraction was \u22124.22 \u00b11.94 D. The logMAR on postoperative day 1 was 0.0 \u00b1 0. The mean spherical equivalent at 1 month was 0.28 \u00b1 1.06 D. There was no loss of Snellen\u2019s lines after the procedure. The mean spherical equivalent of refraction to the target was 95% within \u00b1 0.50 D. The postoperative astigmatism was within 0.5 Dycl. No intraoperative complications of SMILE including retained lenticule fragments, tears of incision, or improper dissection occurred.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Low-energy settings in SMILE are safe and effective in correcting myopia and myopic astigmatism including high cylinders (&gt;3 Dcyl).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijo.ijo_1757_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,2]],"date-time":"2023-02-02T09:22:50Z","timestamp":1675329770000},"page":"476-480","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Safety and efficacy of low-energy small incision lenticule extraction for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism: A retrospective analysis"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"N V Arulmozhi","family":"Varman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Uma Eye Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aadithreya","family":"Varman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Uma Eye Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dinesh","family":"Balakumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Uma Eye Clinic, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20251006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"175","DOI":"10.1016\/S0161-6420(01)00966-6","article-title":"Laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia and astigmatism:Safety and efficacy. 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