title: [Long-term studies on clinical therapeutic efficiency of posterior scleral reinforcement surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the safety and efficiency of posterior scleral reinforcement surgery by analyzing data collected for more than ten years after the surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen patients (32 eyes) with high myopia who underwent scleral reinforcement were followed up for more than ten years (10 to 13 years).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Best corrected visual acuity was stable (t = 0.26, P > 0.05). The average axial elongation was 0.056 mm per year postoperation after surgery. The ratio of choroidal neovascularization in the operation group was 3.1% (1/32).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Posterior scleral reinforcement is a safe and effective. This procedure can prevent the development of choroidal neovascularization in high myopia. A control study with a larger group of cases as well as related basic is still required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiu-duo
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jia-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Ren-yuan
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000601:surgery*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult