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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
| 21 January 2019

Changes in choroidal thickness and optic nerve head morphology after filtering surgery: nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy versus trabeculectomy

Authors: Aymeric Bouillot, Alexandra Pierru, Esther Blumen-Ohana, Emmanuelle Brasnu, Christophe Baudouin and Antoine Labbé
Content type: Technical advance
| 21 January 2019

Agreement study between color and IR retinal images based on retinal vasculature morphological parameters

Authors: Aqsa Ajaz, Behzad Aliahmad, Himeesh Kumar, Marc Sarossy and Dinesh K. Kumar
Content type: Research article
| 21 January 2019

Differential expression of connective tissue growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor in the vitreous of patients with high myopia versus vitreomacular interface disease

Authors: Xinyi Ding, Rong Zhang, Shujie Zhang, Hong Zhuang and Gezhi Xu
Content type: Research article
| 21 January 2019

Open globe and penetrating eyelid injuries from fish hooks

Authors: Konstantine Purtskhvanidze, Mark Saeger, Felix Treumer, Bernhard Nölle and Johann Roider
Content type: Research article
| 18 January 2019

Lacrimal passage irrigation in children with Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis: a five-year retrospective study

Authors: Qin Xiang, Xu Gao, Jing Fang, Lianhong Pi, Xinke Chen, Lin Chen and Qing Liu

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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
| 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
| 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
| 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

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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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Changes in choroidal thickness and optic nerve head morphology after filtering surgery: nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy versus trabeculectomy

Agreement study between color and IR retinal images based on retinal vasculature morphological parameters

Differential expression of connective tissue growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor in the vitreous of patients with high myopia versus vitreomacular interface disease

Open globe and penetrating eyelid injuries from fish hooks

Lacrimal passage irrigation in children with Stevens-Johnson syndrome or toxic epidermal necrolysis: a five-year retrospective study

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

Changes in intraocular pressure after pharmacologic pupil dilation

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

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: December 2018

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