Juvenile-onset myopia—who to treat and how to evaluate success

MA Bullimore, NA Brennan - Eye, 2024 - nature.com
The risk of eye diseases such as myopic macular degeneration increases with the level of
myopia, but there is no safe level of myopia and the burden of lower degrees of myopia …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Atropine on Myopia Prevention in Premyopic Children: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

SH Lee, BY Tseng, JH Wang, CJ Chiu - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Early-onset myopia increases the risk of irreversible high myopia. Methods:
This study systematically evaluated the efficacy and safety of low-dose atropine for myopia …

Axial elongation trajectories in Chinese children and adults with high myopia

S Zhang, Y Chen, Z Li, W Wang, M Xuan… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding the long-term axial elongation trajectory in high myopia is
important to prevent blindness. Objective To evaluate axial elongation trajectories and …

[HTML][HTML] Refraction and ocular biometric parameters in 3-to 6-year-old preschool children: a large-scale population-based study in Chengdu, China

J Mu, Z Zhang, X Wu, S Chen, H Geng, J Duan - BMC ophthalmology, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To understand the ocular biometric parameters characteristics and refractive errors
in 3-to 6-year-old preschool children in Chengdu, China, and to investigate the prevalence …

Myopia control: Seeing beyond efficacy

MA Bullimore, M Jong, NA Brennan - Optometry and Vision …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The availability of a range of effective myopia control modalities enables the clinician to
exercise judgment when discussing the treatment plan with the patient and their parents …

Prevalence and Cause of Loss of Visual Acuity and Visual Field in Highly Myopic Eyes: The Beijing Eye Study

JB Jonas, RA Jonas, J Xu, YX Wang - Ophthalmology, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To explore the prevalence and causes of loss of visual acuity and visual field in
highly myopic eyes. Design Population-based study. Participants 4439 subjects of the …

Impact of age on measurement variability for axial length in myopic children

RM Dang, K Watt, P Kang - Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Clinical relevance Axial length is a primary outcome in the management of progressive
myopia. However, young children may have difficulty fixating during these measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Myopia progression after cessation of atropine in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SH Lee, PC Tsai, YC Chiu, JH Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: To comprehensively assess rebound effects by comparing myopia progression
during atropine treatment and after discontinuation. Methods: A systematic search of …

The long and short of it: a comprehensive assessment of axial length estimation in myopic eyes from ocular and demographic variables

G Lingham, J Loughman, DS Panah, S Harrington… - Eye, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives Axial length, a key measurement in myopia management, is
not accessible in many settings. We aimed to develop and assess machine learning models …

A new look at the myopia control efficacy of orthokeratology

J Santodomingo-Rubido, SW Cheung… - Contact Lens and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy of orthokeratology contact lens wear in slowing the axial
elongation of the eye in myopic children. Methods Data from three prospective studies …