Table 4. Summary of Studies Reporting the Incidence of Epithelial Defect Associated With SMILE.

SMILE, small incision lenticule extraction; NP, not provided; RCEs, recurrent corneal erosions

Study	Instrument	Eyes (patients)	Percentage of the incidence of RCEs (eyes)
Hovanesian et al. (2001) [42]	Summit SVS Apex	1,731 (231)	Eye soreness to touch: 43%
			Sharp pains: 20.4%
			Eyelid sticking: 14.7%
Diez-Feijóo et al. (2014) [44]	NP	117 (100)	17.1% (20) RCEs
Maguen et al. (1994) [54]	NP	240	0.02% (four) RCEs
Mohammadpour et al. (2017) [56]	Technolas 217-Z	260 (130)	4.6% (six) RCE