Effects of posterior staphyloma on choroidal structure in myopic adults: a retrospective study

Abstract

Abstract Background Studies on the choroid of myopic eyes with posterior staphyloma have shown that choroidal thickness decreased. This retrospective study further analysed the effects of posterior scleral staphyloma on choroidal blood vessels and matrix components compared to non-pathological myopia. Methods In this cross-sectional study, ninety-one eyes were divided into pathological (posterior staphyloma) and non-pathological myopia. The latter was further divided into three groups (Group 1: 26 mm ≤ axial length; Group 2: 24 mm ≤ axial length 26 mm.

Keywords

• Choroidal vascularity index
• Posterior staphyloma
• Myopia
• Axial growth