Importance Myopia (ie, nearsightedness) is becoming the most common eye disorder to
cause blindness in younger persons in many parts of the world. Visual impairment due to …

Purpose To determine whether soft contact lenses with positive spherical aberration (+ SA)
can slow myopia progression. Methods Eligible subjects (N= 127, primarily Asian) aged 8 to …

Purpose Myopia is a global public health issue; however, no information exists as to how
potential myopia retardation strategies are being adopted globally. Methods A self …

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between serum 25 (OH) D levels and
axial length (AL) and myopia in 6-year-old children. A total of 2666 children aged 6 years …

Myopia, currently at epidemic levels in East Asia, is a leading cause of untreatable visual
impairment. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in adults have identified 39 loci …

Background To investigate the effectiveness of orthokeratology (ortho-k) in reducing the
development of myopia in Chinese children with low to moderate myopia. Methods This was …

Purpose. To evaluate and compare the accuracy of different intraocular lens (IOL) power
calculation formulas for eyes with an axial length (AL) greater than 26.00 mm. Methods. This …

Purpose To determine the prevalence of high myopia (HM), progressive high (degenerative)
myopia (PHM), and myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV) in the United States …

Abstract The European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium is a recently formed consortium
of 29 groups from 12 European countries. It already comprises 21 population-based studies …

Refractive surgical treatment of hyperopia still remains a challenge for refractive surgeons. A
new nomogram of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure has recently been …