Corneal morphological changes after discontinuation of long-term orthokeratology and SMILE surgery outcomes: a retrospective comparative study
SMILE remains a viable option for former OK users; the observed reduction in CCT after lens discontinuation has minimal impact on refractive surgery selection.
Authors
- Mengchen Li
- WenJia Cao
- Xiaohuan Ma
- Di Shen
- Xiyu Sun
- Wei Wei
- Kun Zhou
Institutions
- Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN)
- Shanxi Medical University (CN)
- Northwest University (CN)
- Microbiology Institute of Shaanxi (CN)
- Shanxi Provincial People’s Hospital (CN)
- First Hospital of Xi'an (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-026-04673-4
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00