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Cataract Surgery in Eyes with High Myopia

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High myopia, generally defined as an axial length longer than 26.0 mm or myopia greater than −6.0 diopters (D), is a commonly encountered comorbidity in cataract patients. The prevalence of high myopia in the general population has been reported to range from 2 to 5 %, but it may be as high as 10–21 % especially in ethnic Asians and younger persons [1–5]. In addition, high myopia is strongly associated with increased rates of nuclear and posterior subcapsular cataract [6, 7].

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Kim, W.S., Kim, K.H. (2016). Cataract Surgery in Eyes with High Myopia. In: Challenges in Cataract Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46092-4_12

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