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Visual outcome after cataract surgery in extremely high axial myopia

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Annals of Ophthalmology

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We retrospectively investigated visual outcome after cataract surgery with implantation of zero or negative-power intraocular lenses (IOL) in 110 eyes with extremely high axial myopia. Extremely high axial myopes can benefit from cataract surgery and implantation of zero or negative-power IOLs with few complications. Factors associated with visual outcome included preoperative best-corrected visual acuity, gender, and age. Method of surgery did not influence the visual outcome.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199, Tung Hwa North Road, 10507, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ken-Kuo Lin MD & Jiahn-Shing Lee MD, PhD

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Chia-Yun Li MD & Yi-Cheng Chen MD

  3. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Chia-Yun Li MD & Yi-Cheng Chen MD

  4. Department of Public Health, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Lai-Chu See MD

  5. College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Ken-Kuo Lin MD & Jiahn-Shing Lee MD, PhD

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The authors have stated, that they do not have a significant financial interest or other relationship with any product manufacturer or provider of services discussed in this article. The authors also do not discuss the use of off-label products, which includes unlabeled, unapproved, or investigative products or devices.

Chia-Yun Li and Yi-Cheng Chen are co-first authors of this article

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Li, CY., Chen, YC., See, LC. et al. Visual outcome after cataract surgery in extremely high axial myopia. Ann Ophthalmol 39, 27–35 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697323

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