CLINICAL AND MORPHOFUNCTIONAL CHANGES IN THE RETINA IN HIGH MYOPIA IN COMBINATION WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION OF DIFFERENT STAGES
Abstract
The study included 45 patients (87 eyes), average age 60 years, with high myopia (mean spherical equivalent (SE) of refraction -11.0 D [-15.0; -7.125]) and "dry" AMD of AREDS categories 1, 2, 3, and 3 control groups of the same age group: Group 1 - 30 healthy individuals (58 eyes) without any retinal changes (SE from -0.25 D to +0.5 D); Group 2 - 20 people (38 eyes) with isolated high myopia (SE ³ 6.5 D); Group 3 - 20 people (36 eyes) with "dry" AMD (AREDS 2, 3). The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), retinal photosensitivity indices (MD, PSD) were assessed using computer perimetry data, as well as morphological characteristics: central retinal thickness (CRT), length of the anterior-posterior axis of the eyeball, and the state of the macular region of the retina using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in b-scanning mode and autofluorescence (AF).