Choroidal thickness in eyes with different degrees of myopia

Yuriy Sergeyevich Astakhov; Svetlana Georgiyevna Belekhova

doi:10.17816/OV2013434-38

Ophthalmology Reports ›› 2013, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (4) : 34 -38. DOI: 10.17816/OV2013434-38

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Choroidal thickness in eyes with different degrees of myopia

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66 healthy people (124 eyes) with different degrees of myopia and emmetropia were examined using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) using the “Spectralis OCT”. It was found that the choroid in subjects with medium and high degrees of myopia was significantly thinner than that in the control group. In the study, a negative correlation was found between the subfoveal choroidal thickness and the degree of myopia (r = -0.75, p < 0.0001). It was also found that the subfoveal choroidal thickness decreased for each diopter of myopia by approximately 18.03 μm.

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EDI-OCT / myopia / choroid / optical coherence tomography / EDI-OCT / choroidal thickness / uvea

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Yuriy Sergeyevich Astakhov, Svetlana Georgiyevna Belekhova. Choroidal thickness in eyes with different degrees of myopia. Ophthalmology Reports, 2013, 6(4): 34-38 DOI:10.17816/OV2013434-38

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