An interventional study of ReLex Smile in Refractive Errors, sponsored by Eye Hospital Pristina Kosovo. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Kosovo. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-01.
Sponsored by Eye Hospital Pristina Kosovo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
LASIK (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) is a type of refractive surgery for correction of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Yet approximately 30% of operated patients have symptoms like glare, halos, dry eyes and especially residual hypermetrop refractive errors.
Residual hypermetrop refractive errors are difficult to treat surgically, the current treatment is Refractive Lens Implantation - risks are similar to those of cataract surgery (endophthalmitis, loss of accommodation, etc.)
The main problem at young patients post - LASIK after one year is residual refractive errors.
The method used in Eye Hospital is treatment with implantation of human fresh corneal lenticule (min. -1.50D) taken from myopic patients in post - LASIK patients with residual refractive error (min. +1.0D).
The flap of LASIK is lifted, cleaned and then the lenticule is gently inserted. The fresh myopic lenticule is implanted under the guidance of corneal topography in young patients with hypermetropic astigmatism residual refraction, according to the low K value. In cases where astigmatism is not present the lenticule is positioned in central position under the flap.
The flap of LASIK is not touched or lifted but using VisuMax femtosecond laser we created the stromal pocket with diameter 8.0 mm (1 mm larger than the optical zone of the donor lenticule) and cap thickness set to 140 μm from corneal surface and 4 mm superior incision. Hinge position flap was set at 90° angle 50° and width 4 mm, side cut angle 90°. The pocket was dissected using a blunt spatula washed with normal saline. The lenticule was held with lenticule forceps and gently inserted into the pocket through the 4 mm superior incision.
420 studies on the registry are indexed under Refractive Errors; 59 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 42 is below the median of 76 across 301 interventional studies indexed under Refractive Errors.
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The main problem at young patients post - LASIK after one year is residual hypermetropic refractive errors (especially accommodation problem) The method used in Eye Hospital is treatment with implantation of human fresh corneal lenticule (min. -1.50D) taken from myopic patients in post - LASIK patients with residual hypermetropic refractive error (min. +1.0D). The flap of LASIk is lifted,cleaned and then the lenticule gently inserted.The lenticule was positioned according the K2 values when is astigmatism residual refractive error.In cases where is not astigmatism the lenticule was positioned in central position under the flap.
Device: ReLex Smile
With the ReLex Smile the optical zone (lenticule diameter) and cap diameter are 6.5 and 7.5 mm respectively. After dissection of both anterior and posterior planes, the lenticule is extracted through 120 degree superior 3.5 mm incision and marked with a sterile marker (ViscotMedster). This retrospective case series included 84 eyes of 42 patients (15 male, 27 female; mean age 32.9 ± 7.5 years, range 22-44 years) who underwent positive meniscus-shaped lenticule transplantation for correction of residual hyperopia and presbyopia following prior hyperopic LASIK between January 2017 and December 2018. Of these, 13 patients (31.0%) were aged ≥40 years with established presbyopia. Preoperative refractive error was +3.68 ± 1.32 D (range +1.00 to +6.00 D) with a mean cylinder of +1.36 ± 0.43 D (range +0.75 to +2.00 D). Mean preoperative central corneal thickness was 493.87 ± 34.04 µm (range 440-560 µm).
Increase of visual acuity
Increase of visual acuity by reducing residual hypermetropy refractive errors using ReLex Smile (human fresh lenticule implantation) after LASIK.
Time frame: 12 months
Plan to share: No
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