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Announcing In Review - now available in BMC Ophthalmology

BMC Ophthalmology is launching In Review, a new option that provides authors with on-demand information on the status of their manuscript, enables them to share their work with funders and their research community, and allows their colleagues to comment and collaborate - all whilst their manuscript is under review.

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Featured Article: Cataract prevention and reversal without the need for surgery

At present, surgery is the only effective way to treat cataracts, which are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. This study reports on the successful use of NACA eye drops to treat cataracts in an animal model, and the implications for cataract prevention in high-risk populations.

Content type: Research article
| 14 November 2018

The effect of ranibizumab and aflibercept treatment on the prevalence of outer retinal tubulation and its influence on retreatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Authors: Attila Kovacs, Timea Kiss, Ferenc Rarosi, Gabor M. Somfai, Andrea Facsko and Rozsa Degi
Content type: Research article
| 12 November 2018

Corneal higher-order aberrations of the anterior surface, posterior surface, and total cornea after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE): high myopia versus mild to moderate myopia

Authors: Hong-Ying Jin, Ting Wan, Xiao-Ning Yu, Fang Wu and Ke Yao
Content type: Case report
| 12 November 2018

Thirty-month results after the treatment of post-LASIK ectasia with allogenic lenticule addition and corneal cross-linking: a case report

Authors: Meiyan Li, Dong Yang, Feng Zhao, Tian Han, Meng Li, Xingtao Zhou and Katherine Ni
Content type: Research article
| 12 November 2018

Association between diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes and the ICAM-1 rs5498 polymorphism: a meta-analysis of case-control studies

Authors: Zikang Xie and Hao Liang
Content type: Research article
| 12 November 2018

Ectopic orbital meningioma: a retrospective case series

Authors: Xiaoming Huang, Dongrun Tang, Tong Wu, Tianming Jian and Fengyuan Sun

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Content type: Research article
| 2 August 2012

Comparison of the monocular Humphrey visual field and the binocular Humphrey esterman visual field test for driver licensing in glaucoma subjects in Sweden

Authors: Marcelo Ayala
Content type: Research article
| 1 September 2014

Characterization of macular thickness changes in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy by optical coherence tomography

Authors: Yixin Zhang, Houbin Huang, Shihui Wei, Yan Gong, Hongyang Li, Yanli Dai, Shuo Zhao, Yingyun Wang and Hongxin Yan
Content type: Research article
| 27 September 2012

Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation

Authors: Joon Mo Kim, Ki Ho Park, So Young Han, Kwan Soo Kim, Dong Myung Kim, Tae Woo Kim and Joseph Caprioli
Content type: Research article
| 24 January 2015

Post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: clinical features and risk factors

Authors: Yinghong Ji, Chunhui Jiang, Jian Ji, Yi Luo, Yongxiang Jiang and Yi Lu
Content type: Research article
| 16 July 2015

23 Gauge pars plana vitrectomy for the removal of retained intraocular foreign bodies

Authors: Kemal Yuksel, Ugur Celik, Cengiz Alagoz, Huseyin Dundar, Burcu Celik and Ahmet Taylan Yazıcı

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BMC Ophthalmology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of eye disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Guangde Tu, BioMedCentral

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Penny A Asbell, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Choul Yong Park, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, South Korea
Luca M Rossetti, Clinica Oculistica, Università di Milano
Virender Sachdeva, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
Eric Singman, Wilmer Eye Institute, USA
Javier Zarranz-Ventura, Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Meet the Editors

Virender Sachdeva received his basic medical training and specialized in ophthalmology at the University of Delhi. He is currently a faculty member of the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Visakhapatnam, India, specializing in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology. He joined the editorial board of BMC Ophthalmology in 2015.

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The effect of ranibizumab and aflibercept treatment on the prevalence of outer retinal tubulation and its influence on retreatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration

Corneal higher-order aberrations of the anterior surface, posterior surface, and total cornea after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE): high myopia versus mild to moderate myopia

Thirty-month results after the treatment of post-LASIK ectasia with allogenic lenticule addition and corneal cross-linking: a case report

Association between diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes and the ICAM-1 rs5498 polymorphism: a meta-analysis of case-control studies

Ectopic orbital meningioma: a retrospective case series

Comparison of the monocular Humphrey visual field and the binocular Humphrey esterman visual field test for driver licensing in glaucoma subjects in Sweden

Characterization of macular thickness changes in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy by optical coherence tomography

Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation

Post-cataract endophthalmitis caused by multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: clinical features and risk factors

23 Gauge pars plana vitrectomy for the removal of retained intraocular foreign bodies

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Highlights of the BMC Series: October 2018

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