A refractive surgery success story turns 10.
SMILE is a laser eye surgery success story that already looks back on 10 years. First performed on a human eye in 2007 by Walter Sekundo with a VisuMax® femtosecond laser from ZEISS, it became commercially available in 2011 with the launch of ReLEx® SMILE from ZEISS. Today over 1,300 surgeons worldwide in over 65 countries have already performed over 1 million SMILE treatments. As an FDA approved procedure, it offers clinics an additional Laser Vision Correction option with great prospects to enhance their services portfolio.
Grow your practice
As can be observed in various surgical specialties, there is a growing trend toward minimally invasive procedures and applications. With small incision lenticule extraction, better known as SMILE, that trend has also become the standard for Laser Vision Correction. SMILE holds tremendous potential for significant practice growth. Thanks to ZEISS ReLEx SMILE, refractive procedures grew an average of more than 200% per ZEISS VisuMax laser in China.1 Also, SMILE and corneal inlays are expected to boost refractive volume by 8.3% in the US in 2017.2
What is SMILE?
Small incision lenticule extraction, better known as SMILE, is the first minimally invasive Laser Vision Correction procedure. During SMILE eye surgery, a lenticule is created inside the intact cornea using the ZEISS VisuMax femtosecond laser and extracted through a small incision. The lenticule is removed, thereby achieving the desired vision correction.
ZEISS ReLEx SMILE
Read up on all of the details of the first SMILE solution.
ZEISS VisuMax
Discover the femtosecond laser system on which SMILE is performed.
ZEISS VisuMaxDownloads
SMILE benefits at a glance
- Minimally invasive
- Does not require a flap
- Performed on one laser
- Gentle treatment experience
- Fast wound healing following surgery
Related Products
- ReLEx SMILE
- VisuMax
2 Market Scope Ophthalmic Market Perspectives, March 2017