Journal Reviews

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Myopia in Han Chinese

2 February 2024 | | Cataract and Refractive | 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...

Surgical management of high myopia strabismus

4 February 2021 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | High myopia, exotropia hypotropia complex, nasal loop myopexy

This is a small case series of three patients with unilateral or bilateral high myopia with exotropia and hypotropia. Surgery involved nasal loop myopexy between the medial and superior recti muscles with or without lateral rectus recession and / or...

Retinoschisis

2 December 2019 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | High myopia, Lamellar macular hole, Macular retinoschisis, Vitrectomy

In this retrospective study the authors evaluate the effect of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling for lamellar macular hole (LMH) with or without macular retinoschisis in highly myopic eyes. Twenty-one highly myopic patients (22 eyes)...