Conclusions-The treatment of subfoveal CNV in highly myopic patients by surgical removal by vitrectomy does not achieve any significant improvement of the BCVA. (Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:1041-1043 High myopia (more than −6 dioptres and/or longer than 26 mm of axial length), is the seventh most common cause of legal blindness in adults in the USA.