Degenerative myopia is a significant cause of vision loss; yet there is no accepted way of controlling its causative phenotype—progressive high axial myopia. Scleral reinforcement, introduced ...

Researchers link early cone dysfunction in RPGR-related retinal dystrophy to high myopia, with timing of degeneration ...

Axial length/corneal radius predicted overall myopia risk most accurately. Posterior vitreous depth predicted classification of high risk versus low risk most accurately.

Comparison of axial elongation among emmetropes, untreated progressing myopes, and treated myopes places treatment efficacy in the context of normal childhood eye growth SAN RAMON, Calif., May 26 ...

Axial elongation may explain the possible protection from diabetic retinopathy observed in some studies of those with myopia. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Axial elongation, a key marker of myopia severity, was 0.67 mm with HAL lenses versus 1.40 mm in the control group. This is among the first studies to robustly demonstrate the long-term efficacy ...

There may be a common genetic thread that links axial length and myopia, according to a large study by researchers in Australia. Mohamed Dirani, BOrth(Hons), OphthSc(Hons), and colleagues ...

Myopia occurs when the focused image falls anterior to the retinal photoreceptor layer of the eye. ... This, in turn, can result in axial elongation and moderate myopia in late adolescence.

After two years, the mean myopia progression and axial elongation in the placebo-treated eyes were -1.20 D ± 0.69 D and +0.38 mm ± 0.38 mm, respectively.

Myopia is caused by an increased ocular axial length. In myopia, the light rays from far off objects focus in front of the retina. This leads to the appearance of a blurred image.

However, another study, also published in JAMA Opthalmology, found that low-dose atropine (0.01%) significantly reduced myopia progression and axial elongation after three years.