Axial length changes in highly myopic eyes and influence of myopic macular complications in Japanese adults

Hideharu Ohsugi, Yasushi Ikuno, Tomohiro Shoujou, Kanako Oshima, Eiko Ohsugi and Hitoshi Tabuchi

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-9

Abstract: Purpose: To investigate changes of the axial length in normal eyes and highly myopic eyes and influence of myopic macular complications in Japanese adults. Study design: Retrospective longitudinal case series. Methods: The changes in the axial length of 316 eyes from 316 patients (mean age, 63.8 ± 9.0 years; range, 34–82; 240 females) examined using IOLMaster with a follow-up period of at least 1 year were studied. This study included 85 non-highly myopic eyes (|refractive error| ≤ 5 diopters; 63 females; non-highly myopic group), 165 highly myopic eyes (refractive error ≤ −6 diopters or axial length ≥ 26 mm; 124 females) without macular complications (no complications group), 32 eyes (25 females) with myopic traction maculopathy (MTM group), and 34 eyes (28 females) with myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV group). Results: All groups showed a significant increase in the axial length during the follow-up period (mean follow-up, 28.7 ± 16.8 months; range, 12–78) (P

Date: 2017
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