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RESEARCH PAPER
Challenges in attaining optimal visual outcomes in patients with high myopia
1
Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Specialist Hospital No. 2 in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland
Managing Physician of the Department of Ophthalmology: Paweł Stala, PhD, MD
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Okulus Plus Center for Ophthalmology and Optometry in Bielsko-Biała, Poland
3
Chair and Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Head: Professor Dorota Wyględowska-Promieńska, PhD, MD
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Department of Adult Ophthalmology, Kornel Gibiński University Clinical Center, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Publication date: 2025-07-02
Ophthalmology 2025;28(1):22-27
KEYWORDS
high myopiadegenerative myopiamyopic maculopathyintraocular lens calculation in high myopialaser vision correction in high myopiaphakic intraocular lenses
ABSTRACT
Myopia is most commonly associated with the need for refractive correction, but it carries substantially more serious clinical implications. In the course of high myopia, pathological changes within the eye are considerably more frequent. They may hinder or even preclude the attainment of full visual acuity, despite correctly performed surgical interventions. This study aims to analyze the key diagnostic and therapeutic challenges involved in achieving optimal visual outcomes in patients with high myopia.
FUNDING
no external funding
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
none declared
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