Question
One of my patient is having higher myopia ( Refractive error-11 numbers), age is 23 yrs, female.please insert you expert opinion about corrective treatment, either she should go for LASER or any lens insertion or anything else.
Regards
Dr Manohar
India
Answer
Extreme myopia in a younger patient would best be left untreated until there is relative certainty that the prescription is stable for 1-2 years.
The most desirable refractive correction would be with a phakic intraocular lens such as the Visian (Staar Surgical).
LASIK would be a second choice but would require adequate corneal thickness in order to safely perform the ablation and have a residual corneal thickness beneath the flap of at least 300 microns or more.
