Prevalence of Cataract Type in Relation to Axial Length in Subjects with High Myopia and Emmetropia in an Indian Population

[...]vitreous syneresis and liquefaction is seen more in myopia.2 We also know that when pars plana vitrectomy is performed, more nuclear sclerosis cataract is expected.3 It was shown that pars plana vitrectomy led to increased vitreous and lens oxygen tension.4 In liquefied vitreous, more dynamic exchange between vitreous and interstitial tissue may result in such an increase in oxygen tension.