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A case for orthokeratology

In the last of his series of interesting cases illustrating the extended role of the eye care practitioner in the primary community, Andy Britton describes his use of orthokeratology in myopia management

For the last in my series of articles, I thought it might be of interest to discuss a case involving anterior eye management, rather than my more typical focus upon posterior pathology. I decided to take a subject close to my heart; myopia and its progression. I am a -13.00DS myope married to a -8.00 myope who has a young son currently plano.

Myopia therapy

I have been following the debate on myopia and myopia management closely over the years and felt that the time was now right to dip my toe in the water. The prevalence of myopia is increasing with some studies expecting that about 50% of the global population will be myopic, currently some 1.9 billion people are already myopic.1

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