Abstract:Objective: To explore the incidence, characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of suction loss cases during small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE). Methods: In this retrospective non-comparative review of case series studies, 16 eyes of 16 patients occurred suction loss in 3 365 consecutive SMILE procedures between June 2016 and March 2019 in the Shenzhen Hospital of Peking University. They were analyzed for the incidence, the eye, the gender, the locations of suction loss, the instant rotated directions of the eyes during the suction loss, treatments, and prognoses. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test. Results: This study included totally 3 365 eyes (1 692 right eyes, 1 673 left eyes) of 1 698 consecutive patients (517 males, 1 181 females). Suction loss occurred in 16 patients (16 eyes), including 9 right eyes (9/16), 7 left eyes (7/16), from 5 males (5/16) and 11 females (11/16). The incidence of suction loss was 0.46%. There were no significant difference between the loss of aspiration and gender (χ2 =0.005, P=0.944), and eye (χ2 =0.229, P=0.632). Suction loss was located at the laser scanning diameter of 3.62±2.55 mm, mostly within the diameter of 2 mm. The eyes were categorized by suction loss interface and managements: 4 eyes had suction loss in the lenticule interface (1/4), 2 of which were changed to femtosecond laser-assisted laser in-situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) immediately, and the other 2 eyes were converted to laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) at once; 1 eye occurred suction loss during lenticule side cut (1/16), and changed to LASEK immediately; 10 eyes had suction loss in the cap interface (5/8), of which 8 eyes promptly redocked and restarted cap and removed the lenticule completely, 1 eye underwent SMILE procedure in 3 weeks later. 1 eye immediately redocked and followed the re-SMILE same cap procedure, in which case, however, another suction loss occurred and the LASEK was performed in 2 weeks later. 1 eye had suction loss in small incision (1/16), and the small incision was cut with a 5 ml injection needle with the lenticule completely removed. The 16 eyes with suction loss were also categorized by the instant rotation directions in suction loss: 9 eyes in upper temporal (9/16), 2 eyes in lower temporal (1/8), 2 eyes in upper nasal (1/8), 2 eyes in lower nasal (1/8) and 1 eye in down (1/16). The uncorrected visual acuity of all the suction loss cases achieved the preoperative best corrected visual acuity 3 months after surgery. Conclusions: Suction loss during SMILE is rare. It mostly occurs in cap interface and near the center of the pupil. Bell's reflexes the main cause of suction loss. Different sites and states of suction loss should have different managements and properstrategies will not affect the long-term postoperative visual acuity.
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