Phakic intraocular lenses (IOLs) are plastic or silicone lenses that a doctor can implant into the eye to treat myopia, or nearsightedness, and hyperopia, or farsightedness. Myopia and hyperopia ...

A multiple logistic model found that the risks of students developing myopia, hyperopia, and anisometropia were 1.88 ... when measuring the curvature of the cornea in those with dry eye.

Refractive error, age, sex and race/ethnicity can be predictive factors in determining the probability of myopia onset in prepubescent children, according to a study published in Optometry and ...

Predicting Costs and Disability from the Myopia Epidemic – A Worldwide Economic and Social Model. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.2019;60(9):5466-5466. [2] Carr BJ, Stell WK.

The Technolas Teneo 317 Model 2 is indicated for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in: (1) Patients for the reduction or elimination of myopic astigmatism up to -10.00 D MRSE, with ...

She adds that while some eye doctors will prescribe myopia control contacts for adults, or for someone very nearsighted (i.e. over 3 diopters), she's hesitant about flattening the cornea too much.