Macular choroidal neovascularization in myopic eyes after phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Purpose: To analyze the development and characteristics of choroidal neovascularization in highly myopic patients corrected by the implantation of phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs).

Methods: This retrospective, noncomparative interventional case series studied the development of choroidal neovascularization in 522 consecutive highly myopic eyes (spherical equivalent refraction >-6.00 diopters [D] and/or axial length >26 mm) (323 patients) corrected by the implantation of PIOLs, the treatment performed, and the results obtained.

Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in highly myopic eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis.

The authors describe the management of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in highly myopic eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis with photodynamic therapy. Five cases of choroidal neovascular membrane after laser in situ keratomileusis for the correction of myopia (mean, 13.3 diopters; range, -8.

Incidence of retinal disease following refractive surgery in 9,239 eyes.

Purpose: To analyze the appearance, incidence, and characteristics of retinal diseases in myopic patients after refractive surgery.

Methods: We studied retinal disease observed in 9,239 consecutive eyes (5,099 patients) after refractive surgery. Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) was used to correct myopia in 5,936 eyes (3,184 patients, mean age 30.

Macular hole in a myopic eye after laser in situ keratomileusis.

Purpose: To analyze the characteristics of a macular hole in a myopic patient after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Methods: A macular hole with sharp margins and small yellow deposits on the surface of the retinal pigment epithelium appeared in the left eye of a female patient, 53 years old, 12 months after LASIK for the correction of -6.75 D of myopia (follow-up after LASIK, 22 months).