title: [Long-term observation of curative effects of posterior scleral reinforcement surgery in patients with juvenile progressive myopia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the long-term curative effects of the scleral reinforcement surgery in juvenile progressive myopia.
  
  
  METHODS
  25 patients (34 eyes) with the disease (average age, 17.12 +/- 7.47 years old) were observed for 3 to 5 years after posterior scleral reinforcement surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The naked visual acuities at postoperative one and three years were better than that before the operation (P < 0.01). The average axial elongation in the first, third and fifth year after the operation was 0.098 mm/year, 0.073 5 mm/year and 0.115 mm/year, respectively; the increment of refractive diopter was smaller than 0.50 D/year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scleral reinforcement surgery is a safe and effective treatment for juvenile progressive myopia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The First Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity