The Optic Nerve Head in High Myopia
The optic nerve head in highly myopic eyes is characterized by an enlargement of the optic nerve scleral canal and of the primary Bruch’s membrane opening; a thinning of the lamina cribrosa and thus a reduction in the distance between the intraocular comp
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Pathologic Myopia
Richard F. Spaide • Kyoko Ohno-Matsui Lawrence A. Yannuzzi Editors
Pathologic Myopia
Editors Richard F. Spaide, MD Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York New York, NY USA Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Japan
Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD Department of Clinical Ophthalmology Columbia University School of Medicine LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center New York, NY USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-8337-3 ISBN 978-1-4614-8338-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-8338-0 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London
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To my family Chang, Ted, Chris, and Emily and also to all of the teachers I have had over the years. Richard F. Spaide I would like to thank my mentor Emeritus Professor Takashi Tokoro, and my family, Seiji and Kyoka. Kyoko Ohno-Matsui I would like to thank my wife, children and grandchildren. Lawrence A. Yannuzzi
Foreword I
A quarter of a century ago, I dedicated a significant amount of my professional career to the study of pathologic myopia. At that time, I realized the importance of this ocular disease
