Myopia is one of the most common eye disorders worldwide. It affects about 25% of the population in the West and over 80% in some Asian regions [1]. Changes related to myopic eyes include elongated axial length (AL) and stretching of the retina, choroid and sclera [2]. Patients with severe forms of myopia or high myopia are more susceptible to other ocular abnormalities such as lacquer cracks, ...

A 29‐year‐old male patient presented with decreased vision for 2 years following electrocution injury (electric cables with 25000 volts). No significant family or ocular history was elicited. He was diagnosed to have pigmentary retinopathy in both eyes clinically. Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 6/12, N8 in the right eye and 6/18, N8 in the left eye. Anterior segment examination reveale...

PURPOSE To evaluate the long-term progression of myopic maculopathy and functional outcome after treatment of myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) with photodynamic therapy (PDT) and/or intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR). METHODS Retrospective study with a cross-sectional evaluation. Eyes were assigned to 4 groups (PDT, IVR, PDT + IVR, dry myopic maculopathy) and evaluated with best-correcte...

Introduction. Gyrate atrophy is a rare genetical metabolic disorder affecting vision. Here, we report a 9-year-old boy with gyrate atrophy associated with bilateral macular edema at the time of diagnosis and the effect of long term metabolic control on macular edema. Case Presentation. A 9-year-old boy presented with a complaint of low visual acuity (best corrected visual acuity: 20/80 in both ...

A 56-year old female patient presented to our clinic with a complaint of low vision in her right eye. Twenty-two years earlier she had undergone a scleral buckling operation in her right eye because of retinal detachment. She indicated that vision in her right eye was good after the surgery but had recently been gradually declining. Best-corrected vision acuity was counting fingers at 1 meter i...

Retinal detachment (RD), its rupture, concussion, hemorrhage require urgent ophthalmic surgical intervention without fail. Restoring the anatomical integrity of detached retina, speed intervention, choice access and method surgery, quality instrument are directly causally related to visual acuity, number severity postoperative complications. The best complex ophthalmosurgical solutions relieve ...