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Myopia management
1 December 2022
| Shivam Goyal, Shona Redmond
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Ophthalmology
With the growing prevalence of myopia at epidemic levels in some countries and increasing number of research publications on myopia control, there is a lot of controversy regarding the management of myopia. As none of them are at present available...
Use of orthoK for myopia treatment
1 April 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This article provides an updated literature review on the orthkeratology effect on myopia progression considering outcome measures, potential effect modifiers, mechanisms and current prescription concerns. The discussion centres on the extent of slowed myopia progression, mechanisms, safety concerns and comparisons...
High myopia macular thickness
1 April 2016
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The purpose of this study was to compare macular thickness and volume in 15 highly myopic (>-6D) young children with 11 age-matched controls (-2 to +4D refractive errors) using Stratus third generation OCT. Mean spherical equivalent was -9.42 ±2.81D for...
LASIK for myopia progression
5 February 2020
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors hypothesise that corneal reshaping with refractive surgery could have an effect on myopic progression similar to that of orthokeratology because it results in changes to the central cornea and not to the peripheral cornea. This was a retrospective...
Effect of pregnancy on myopia
1 December 2017
| Sofia Rokerya
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
The authors present a longitudinal study with a large sample size assessing the association between pregnancy and the onset or progression of myopia. The study participants included the SUN cohort which comprised of young adult female university graduates in Spain....
Myopia in Han Chinese
2 February 2024
| Ian Reekie
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Cataract and Refractive
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Han Chinese, Myopia-associated genes, High myopia, retinal nervous system, single nucleotide polymorphisms
The authors present a case-control study of 361 patients with high myopia (mean spherical equivalent of -6.0DS or lower, and axial length greater than or equal to 26mm) and 749 healthy controls (mean spherical equivalent -1.0 to +1.0DS). They tested...
Reducing myopia progression
1 April 2018
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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atropine, bifocal spectacles, myopia, orthokeratology, progression, progressive additional lens spectacles, soft bifocal contact lenses
This paper reports a literature review to discuss the environmental considerations and treatment options that can prevent the progression of myopia, including time spent outdoors, reduction of near vision activities, spectacle types, contact lens type and pharmacological treatment. The review...
Strabismus in high myopia
1 June 2014
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors report the occurrence of exotropia-hypotropia complex in 15 cases of high myopia. The mean age at presentation was 23.5 years (10-35 years). Only two patients had high bilateral myopia. The mean axial length of the deviating eye was...
Surgical treatment of high myopia
1 June 2016
| Allon Barsam
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Cataract and Refractive
Although several excellent modalities are available for correcting high myopia, the surgical treatment of this condition remains one of the biggest challenges for refractive surgeons; this group of patients is often very dependent on contact lenses. If these patients become...
Myopia-protective against diabetic retinopathy
1 October 2016
| Bheemanagouda Patil
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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axial length, diabetic retinopathy, meta-analysis, myopia
This meta-analysis evaluates the current evidence of the relationship between myopia and diabetic retinopathy (DR) risk. A systematic search was performed up to April 2015. Three models were used to assess the association between myopia and risk of DR: axial...
Are we short-sighted about myopia?
Worldwide prevalence of myopia has increased rapidly in recent years and has now reached epidemic levels, particularly in South-East Asia where prevalence is around 80% [1-4]. Myopia prevalence is also increasing in the United States and Europe where it is...Anything new in the control of myopia progression?
1 October 2021
| Zhihang Cheng
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
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Axial length, Children, Efficacy, Myopia, Myopia control, Retinal disease
This is a review article looking at up to date concepts and evidence in myopia control from current literature and studies. The authors identified that myopia control is best measured in absolute change in axial length as opposed to refraction...