The updated expert position addresses axial-length monitoring, regional centile charts, treatment discontinuation and the limits of current evidence. Read the overview and access the source document.
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At the May ARVO congress in Denver, the International Myopia Institute presented guidelines ranking methods for controlling myopia in children. Repeated low-level red-light therapy proved the most effective, ahead of defocus lenses and orthokeratology — atropine eye drops performed the weakest. The best results come from combining red-light therapy with defocus lenses. Prof. Nowak urges against putting any refractive error under mere observation, and advocates measuring axial eye length at the first documented progression.
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