Browse articles from EyeWorld.org related to myopia. EyeWorld is the award-winning member publication of ASCRS. The magazine provides news and updates from the Society as well as clinical features in the areas of cataract, refractive, cornea, glaucoma, and practice management. It publishes quarterly with editorial direction from its medical editorial board and staff.
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Myopia has been described as an epidemic in many regions for some time. Though considered easily correctable with glasses, myopia and high myopia are associated with a risk of developing cataracts sooner and a higher risk for glaucoma and retinal issues.
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The correction of high myopia is limited, but phakic IOLs do provide a surgical option. "For many years we have been looking for a quality anterior chamber phakic IOL that could be easily performed in a clean room rather than an operating room," said Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and clinical professor of ophthalmology, New York University Medical School.
Refractive lens exchange is a growing treatment option in the U.S., with hyperopic presbyopes over age 50 being the ideal candidates. Physicians stress the importance of patient education for this procedure.