- Covers new concepts of myopia in terms of clinical management, imaging and precision medicine
- Helps readers to understand the concepts of myopia and its complications
- Provides a clinical update and review of scientific evidence on treatment modalities
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.
This open access book discusses basic clinical concepts of myopia, prevention of progression and surgical treatments for myopia and pathological myopia. It also summarises the latest evidence and best practices for managing myopia, high myopia and its complications.
Written by leading experts, the book addresses clinical diagnosis and interpretation of imaging modalities, and various complications of myopia such as glaucoma, choroidal neovascularization, retinal degeneration and cataracts. It is a valuable comprehensive resource for general and sub-specialist ophthalmologists as well as residents and ophthalmologists in training.
Table of Contents- Introduction and Overview on Myopia: A Clinical Perspective
- Global Epidemiology of Myopia
- The Economic and Societal Impact of Myopia and High Myopia
- Understanding Myopia: Pathogenesis and Mechanisms
- The Genetics of Myopia
- Risk Factors for Myopia: Putting Causal Pathways into a Social Context
- Prevention of Myopia Onset
- Clinical Management and Control of Myopia in Children
- Understanding Pathologic Myopia
- Imaging in Myopia
- Glaucoma in High Myopia
- Clinical Management of Myopia in Adults: Treatment of Retinal Complications
- Clinical Management of Myopia in Adults: Treatment of Myopic CNV
- Optical Interventions for Myopia Control
