To emulate cataract surgery in post-SMILE eyes, a theoretical calculation model was presented. It is assumed that all patients are implanted with monofocal IOL (
SN60WF, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.) with the following constants: for Haigis, a0 = 1.839, a1 = 0.4, and a2 = 0.1, and 118.9 for the other formulas. The Haigis formula was used for calculating the pre-SMILE IOL power. The post-SMILE IOL power was calculated using four methods, including the FY-L formula, the Barrett True-K no history formula, the EVO-L formula, and the Shammas-L formula, respectively. The Barrett True-K no history formula was calculated in two modes, including using the predicted corneal power of the posterior surface (PPCP) and the actual measured corneal power of the posterior surface (MPCP). For the post-SMILE IOL calculation of the same eye, the IOL power targeting the pre-SMILE eyes' lowest myopic refractive error was used.
The FY-L formula used the Actual Ka + p method to modify the measured corneal power (15 (
link)). The corneal power was calculated as follows: K
corrected = 1.114 × (K
flattest + K
steepest)/2 + K
posterior, where K
flattest and K
steepest were measured by the IOL master 700, and K
posterior was measured by Pentacam.
To predict the ELP, the FY-L formula was based on the FY-IOL formula, which uses the ACD, anterior and posterior corneal power, LT, and AL for calculation.
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