A review on factors influencing myopic progressioninchildrenafter orthokeratology

VernacularTitle:角膜塑形镜控制儿童近视发展的影响因素
Author: Jie ZHENG ¹ ; Yu ZHANG ; Yue-Guo CHEN ; Chun ZHANG
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1. 北京大学第三医院眼科中心
Keywords: orthokeratology; myopia; influence factor; review
From: International Eye Science 2018;18(5):826-829
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: With the increasingly higher prevalence of myopia in children, more and more attention has been paid on the prevention and control of childhood myopia. As a non-surgical method for correcting myopia and meanwhile slowing its progression, orthokeratology is now widely used around the world. Multiple clinical studies have revealed that orthokeratology is an effective and crucial way in controlling childhood myopic progression. However, the myopia controlling efficacy differs greatly among individuals. Many factors have been reported to have potential influences in the process of myopia control of orthokeratology in children and these factors were reviewed in this article.