Possibilities of photorefraction surgery in patients with subclinical retinal detachment in myopia

: Peripheral retinal abnormalities detected in examinations of 4840 patients with myopia are analyzed. The incidence of subclinical detachments of the retina was 8.7%. Two-staged laser therapy of detachments and its results are discussed and laser refraction operations in such abnormalities of the fundus oculi are considered. Results of photorefraction operations of different types in patients previously operated on the retina by the laser method are analyzed. Only 5 patients needed repeated laser therapy on the fundus oculi during 3 years postoperation. Hence, photorefraction correction of refraction abnormalities can be carried out in patients with subclinical detachments of the retina after previous effective laser therapy.