Pathologic Myopia

Table of Contents

Pathological Myopia

Eds: Rick Spaide, Lawrence Yannuzzi, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Preface

Foreword

1. Myopia: A Historical Perspective

Vinnie P. Shah & Nan-Kai Wang

2. Genes involved in the development of myopia

Kenji Yamashiro & Nagahisa Yoshimura

3. Epidemiology of Myopia

Chen-Wei Pan, Seang-Mei Saw, & Tien-Yin Wong

4. Animal Models of Experimental Myopia:

Limitations and Synergies With Studies on Human Myopia

Ian G Morgan, Kathryn A. Rose, & Regan S. Ashby

5. The Sclera and its Role in Regulation of the Refractive State

Jody A. Summers

6. Public Health Impact of Pathologic Myopia

Peggy Pei-Chia Chiang, Eva Fenwick, Chiu Ming Gemmy Cheung, & Ecosse Lamoureux

7. Update on the Pathology of Pathologic Myopia

Alia Rashid & Hans E Grossniklaus

8. The Sclera and Induced Abnormalities in Myopia

Richard F. Spaide

9. The Choroid

Richard F. Spaide

10. The Optic Nerve in High Myopia

Jost Jonas

11. Vitreous Changes

Shoji Kishi

12. Staphyloma, Part 1

Richard F. Spaide

13. Staphyloma, Part 2

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Muka Moriyama

14. Myopic Chorioretinal Atrophy

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

15. Choroidal Neovascularization

Richard F. Spaide

16. Myopic Macular Retinoschisis

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

17. Peripheral Retinal Abnormalities

Sarah Mrejen & Michael Engelbert

18. Retinal Detachment

C. P. Wilkinson

19. Glaucoma in Myopia

Sung Chul Park, Jeffrey M. Liebmann, & Robert Ritch

20. Myopic Optic Neuropathy

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui & Richard F. Spaide

21. Special Considerations for Cataract Surgery in the Face of Pathologic Myopia

Jack M. Dodick & Jonathan B. Kahn

22. Ocular Motility Abnormalities

Tsuranu Yokoyama

23. Myopia: Ocular and Systemic Disease

Quan V. Hoang, Jamie A. Leong, & Roberto Gallego-Pinazo

24. Prevention of Myopia

Takashi Fujikado

25. Sclera-targeted Therapies for Pathologic Myopia

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui

Dr. Lawrence Yannuzzi is a professor of clinical ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical School, vice-chairman and director of The Retinal Research Center of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, and founder and president of The Macula Foundation, Inc. He is a world renowned retinal specialist who has published more than 300 scientific papers and 11 textbooks, with particular interest in diseases of the macula, such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. His book The Retinal Atlas won the 2010 PROSE Award. Dr. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui is a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University in Japan.