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SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction) — outcome data

Aggregate complication, revision and mortality figures pulled from peer-reviewed systematic reviews on PubMed, plus any operator- published quality data the registry has verified. See methodology for extraction rules and the cross-citation agreement gate we apply.

Reported complication rate

1.50%

Range 0.50–3.00%

Across 1 cited study.

Reported revision rate

4.00%

Range 2.00–8.00%

Across 1 cited study.

Cited literature

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