A.N. SAMOYLOV¹, A.N. KOROBITSIN²

¹Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

²Republican Clinical Ophthalmology Hospital of the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Tatarstan, 14 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012

Samoylov A.N. ― D. Med. Sc., Professor, Head of the Ophthalmology Department, tel. (843) 238-95-93, e-mail: samoilov@nm.ru

Korobitsin A.N. ― ophthalmologist, tel. (843) 238-95-93, e-mail: korobicin@yandex.ru

The article shows the diagnostic value of the method of determining the retinal visual acuity in predicting the combined operative treatment in patients with pathological myopia. The applied method of treatment resulted in a higher visual acuity compared with preoperative data.

Key words: high myopia, pathological myopia, retinal visual acuity, macular vitreomacular traction syndrome, vitrectomy.

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