Our study aims to calculate the thickness of the fresh lenticule depending on the corneal thickness of patients with advanced keratoconus and to investigate it after implantation with the SMILE Module.Methods: Sixty eyes with advanced keratoconus indicated for corneal transplantation were included in this study. Fresh myopic lenticular implants were placed in all eyes through SMILE surgery. Lenticular implants were extracted from patients with myopic refractive errors of the cornea. The implantation of fresh lenticule thickness depends on keratoconus corneal thickness, for example, if the corneal central thickness is 300-400 \u03bcm we implanted 1\/2 stroma if CCT is 400 \u03bcm or more we implanted 1\/3 stroma For Example: if CCTis 300 \u03bcm we implanted 150 \u03bcm (becoming 450 \u03bcm) we added more stroma due to more live keratocytes, stromal stem cells, and Telocytes, aiming to overcome dead and nonfunctional keratocytes
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Results: The preopera\ue612ve CCT increased from 338.35 \u00b1 11.24 \u00b5m (range: 300 to 349 \u00b5m) to 474.35 \u00b1 4.31 \u00b5m (range: 469 to 482 \u00b5m) (P < .001), the preopera\ue612ve CCT increased from 365 \u00b1 6.91 \u00b5m (range: 353 to 377 \u00b5m) to 481.95 \u00b1 6.00 \u00b5m (range: 473 to 491 \u00b5m) (P < .001), the preopera\ue612ve CCT increased from 399 \u00b1 13.29 \u00b5m (range: 381 to 419 \u00b5m) to 482.10 \u00b1 8.12 \u00b5m (range: 470 to 502 \u00b5m (P < .001)
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Our study aims to calculate the thickness of the fresh lenticule depending on the corneal thickness of patients with advanced keratoconus and to investigate it after implantation with the SMILE Module.Methods: Sixty eyes with advanced keratoconus indicated for corneal transplantation were included in this study. Fresh myopic lenticular implants were placed in all eyes through …<\/p>\n