In an early nonrandomized series, ray-tracing LASIK more often achieved 20/20 and left less cylinder than SMILE Pro, but the comparison reflects one surgeon's initial experience.
doi: 10.1007/s40123-026-01475-1A retrospective series assessed 254 eyes after posterior chamber central-port ICL implantation: high myopia was corrected well on average, although residual refraction varied substantially.
doi: 10.24875/CIRU.24000591Over 12 years at a high-volume center, 110 of 22,739 eyes underwent ICL exchange. Downsizing reliably reduced high vault, while the gain from upsizing diminished with age.
doi: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001857A meta-analysis of 214 studies and 45,027 eyes estimated explantation, displacement and uncommon complications after phakic IOL surgery. Rates were low, but short follow-up may conceal late events.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2026.01.028A network meta-analysis of 50 studies and 5,141 eyes compared aberrations after laser procedures and phakic ICL implantation. ICL ranked best, but optical metrics are not equivalent to overall clinical effectiveness.
doi: 10.1007/s00417-026-07386-yA systematic review of 38 studies compared AS-OCT- and UBM-based nomograms for ICL sizing and vault prediction. No approach performed consistently better across populations, devices and clinical settings.
doi: 10.1080/08820538.2026.2731256A retrospective comparison of 598 eyes found high refractive accuracy after FS-LASIK, SMILE and phakic ICL implantation, but different central and peripheral aberration profiles at six months.
doi: 10.1186/s12886-026-04911-9A meta-analysis compared the efficacy, safety and predictability of transepithelial PRK with LASIK and SMILE.
doi: 10.1177/11206721261425379A meta-analysis of 15 studies compared standard LASIK with simultaneous accelerated crosslinking in myopic eyes.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2025.05.042