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The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of scleral reinforcement on the evolution of progressive severe myopia in children. Scleral. reinformcement after Thompson was performed on 182 eyes in 112 children from 3 to 18 years of the age.The main indications for surgery during 1992–1997 are the following: progressive myopia over — 7 diopters (untill 1995 over — 8 diopters), increase of refraction more than — 1 diopter per year. Porcine skin (Zenoderm) was used intraoperatively as alloplastic material in 91.8% patients. No serious complications were observed. The following results on a larger set of patients with a longer period of observation confirmed our previously published reports. Stabilisation was achieved up to 6 years after surgery in three important indicators of myopia: axial length in 76.7% of patients, refraction in 79.5% of infants and visual function in 78.6% of children. Scleral reinforcement is effective safe surgery that can stabilise the progression of severe myopia in children.
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Gerinec, A. (2000). Scleral Reinforcement in Children with a Severe Myopia. In: Lin, L.LK., Shih, YF., Hung, P.T. (eds) Myopia Updates II. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66917-3_36
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