The first ZEISS ReLEx® SMILE procedures for U.S. Navy personnel were recently performed at the Navy Refractive Surgery Center San Diego.
These procedures reportedly followed the first procedures for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) performed at Fort Belvoir Hospital in March 2017. The U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force are reportedly conducting an extensive performance-based study of the SMILE procedure for active duty members who work in visually demanding situations and harsh environments. They will reportedly be sharing resources and research efforts to evaluate visual and job-specific task performance after the SMILE procedure.
Recently approved by the U.S. FDA, ReLEx SMILE is a minimally-invasive approach to myopia correction that is only available on the VisuMax® femtosecond laser from ZEISS. In the SMILE procedure, surgeons reportedly correct patients’ myopia using the VisuMax femtosecond laser to create a precise disc-shaped lenticule within the cornea, which is then removed by the surgeon through a small incision, also created by the laser.
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