What is the ReLEx-Smile eye laser method?

Dr. Victor Derhartunian explains ReLEx-Smile

ReLEx-Smile, in this method a small lenticule is cut directly out of the cornea with the femtosecond laser, and this lenticule is removed through a small corneal opening.
The advantage of this method is that we do not open a flap on the cornea, and the major disadvantage of this method is that we cannot make a post-correction with the same laser, but have to use the old technology such as LASIK or PRK.  

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Dr. Victor Derhartunian

Nachdem er sein Handwerk von den beiden Pionieren der Laserchirurgie gelernt hat, gehört Dr. Victor Derhartunian zu den führenden Augenlaser-Chirurgen. Er leitet die Praxis in Wien und kann seine Patienten in fünf Sprachen beraten.