The progression of myopia is a serious disease which can entail visual complications. The age of onset of myopia is frequently between 7 and 15 years of age, and it is one of the most common childhood ocular diseases. Abnormal eye growth may develop retinal vessels elongation, abnormal blood supply and visual acuity decrease.
The progression of myopia may be associated with complications such as retinal tears and result in retinal detachment and decreased vision.

Only early diagnostics and treatment may prevent serious vision complications of progressing myopia.

Eye examination includes the following procedures:

visual acuity testing
the refraction test (to determine the extent of vision difficulty)
measurement of the eye length
biomicroscopy of the anteriour eye segment
direct ophthalmoscopy - fundus examination which includes the retina, optic disk and blood vessels
binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy is used to inspect peripheric areas of the retina. The test is performed to detect any retinal holes or tears. In a retinal tear or a hole without a retinal detachment, laser treatment is done prophylactically to seal the hole and prevent or limit the detachment

We also use collagen injections to stop the progression of myopia. Collagen stimulates special scleral cells and they produce a new scleral tissue that prevents scleral stretching and eye growth.

These operations are performed on an outpatient basis and generally take 5-15 minutes.

Another outpatient procedure reducing the risk of myopia complications development is the laser treatment. Highly concentrated light is beamed onto the retina to treat the desired area. Argon laser treatment is performed in an emergency setting by our trainee ophthalmologists.