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In patients with myopic traction maculopathy, what clinical and imaging thresholds prompt you to intervene surgically rather than continue observation?

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Ophthalmology · University of Michigan

Given the risk of surgery, I typically follow patients conservatively as long as they feel the involved eye (when the other eye is covered) has visual function sufficient for important daily visual tasks such as reading, driving, working, etc. Many eyes continue to have functional vision even with v...

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