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Who Knew? Bifocals Retard Myopia After All

Posted By Dr. Ari Weitzner On January 25, 2010 @ 8:39 pm In Refractive | Comments Disabled

A good study in Archives demonstrates that executive bifocals (+1.50) do retard myopia in fast-progressing myopes among children. After 2 years, axial length was .62 and myopia about -.50 more in the single vision compared to bifocal group- statistically significant, and if true over several years, very important to public health. Time to re-think bifocals and apologize to the optometrists.


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