Peripheral retina strategies may impede myopia progression

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — By concentrating on peripheral retina strategies and moving beyond “foveocentric” strategies, it may be possible to correct myopia or even slow its progression, according to a speaker here. “We need to expand our thought processes away from the fovea and also think about the peripheral retina,” David B. Granet, MD, FACS, FAAP, told colleagues at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting in a workshop on myopia that was jointly hosted with the American Academy of Pediatrics.