Video
Film 109055 Navigating the Learning Curve of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)
April 2025
Meeting: 2025 ASCRS Annual Meeting
Producers: Aadithreya Varman, MS; Arulmozhi Varman, MD
Category: Quality Teaching
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Small Incision Lenticule Extraction has now gained prominence worldwide as a safe and effective modality for the treatment of myopia and myopic astigmatism. When adopting this new technique , the surgeon must navigate a considerably steep learning curve. This video will address all the difficulties that a surgeon may encounter and will provide the viewer with pearls on how to manage them.