New Option for Correcting Nearsightedness
After four years, 44 of the eyes (79 percent) were within 0.5 diopter (unit of measuring lens power) of the targeted correction and 52 eyes (93 percent) were within one diopter, the study found.
The researchers wrote that "results were good in all measures of safety, efficacy, predictability and stability for the correction of high myopia throughout the four-year follow-up." They found no vision-threatening complications during the follow-up perod, they said.
They concluded that these lens implants "may be a good alternative for the treatment of moderate to high myopia. More prolonged careful observation for longer than four years is necessary to assess late-onset complications of this surgical technique."
The study appears in the July issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
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