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The efficacy and safety of modified Snyder-Thompson posterior scleral reinforcement in extensive high myopia of Chinese children.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
To observe the efficacy and safety of modified Snyder-Thompson posterior scleral reinforcement in extensive high myopia of Chinese children. We had a retrospective design, and included a control group of children with natural progression of high myopia.
METHODS:
This study included 64 eyes in 41 Chinese children with extensive high myopia who underwent modified Snyder-Thompson posterior scleral reinforcement surgery (PSR group), and 17 eyes in 11 age- and myopia-matched children who wore spectacles (control group). The mean follow-up was 4.99 ± 1.3 years in the PSR group and 4.48 ± 1.3 years in the control group. Axial length, spherical equivalent (SE), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and fundus examinations were recorded before and after treatment, and complications were noted.
RESULTS:
The mean change in SE at the end of the follow-up period was 1.5 ± 1.44 diopters (D) and 3.02 ± 1.57D in the PSR and control groups respectively. These changes were equivalent to an increase in axial length of 1.27 ± 0.54 mm and 2.05 ± 0.91 mm respectively. The PSR group showed less myopic progression and less eye elongation (p < 0.001). A notable increase in UCVA was only found in the PSR group (p = 0.0001). The improvement in BCVA was significantly greater in the PSR group (p = 0.0354). There were no serious complications of PSR surgery.
CONCLUSION:
The modified Snyder-Thompson PSR surgery was effective and safe in controlling extensive high myopia of Chinese children.
AuthorsMinjie Chen, Jinhui Dai, Renyuan Chu, Yifeng Qian
JournalGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol) Vol. 251 Issue 11 Pg. 2633-8 (Nov 2013) ISSN: 1435-702X [Electronic] Germany
PMID23907482 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Asian People
  • Axial Length, Eye (pathology)
  • Child
  • Disease Progression
  • Dura Mater (transplantation)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myopia, Degenerative (ethnology, surgery)
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures (adverse effects, methods)
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sclera (surgery)
  • Visual Acuity (physiology)

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