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  1. Glaucoma has been shown to lead to disability in many daily tasks including visual search. This study aims to determine whether the saccadic eye movements of people with glaucoma differ from those of people wi...

    Authors: Nicholas D Smith, Fiona C Glen and David P Crabb
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:45
  2. Schwannomas are slow-growing typically encapsulated tumors composed of differentiated Schwann cells, the primary class of peripheral glial cells. Complete excision is the treatment of choice for orbital schwan...

    Authors: Michelle Kron, Brenda L Bohnsack, Steven M Archer, Jonathan B McHugh and Alon Kahana
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:44
  3. Economic viability of treatments for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) should be assessed objectively to prioritise health care interventions. This study aims to identify the methods for eliciting utility val...

    Authors: Fiammetta Maria Bozzani, Yasmene Alavi, Mireia Jofre-Bonet and Hannah Kuper
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:43
  4. Cataracts are a common and significant cause of visual impairment globally. We aimed to evaluate uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) as an outcome in treating astigmatic cataract patients to assist clini...

    Authors: Blaise Agresta, Michael C Knorz, Christina Donatti and Daniel Jackson
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:41
  5. To investigate indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) findings in patients with long-standing Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and their correlation with disease activity on clinical examination as well as wit...

    Authors: Felipe T da Silva, Carlos E Hirata, Viviane M Sakata, Edilberto Olivalves, Rony Preti, Sergio LG Pimentel, Andre Gomes, Walter Y Takahashi, Rogerio A Costa and Joyce H Yamamoto
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:40
  6. The influence of serous retinal detachment (SRD) on visual acuity, macular sensitivity, and macular thickness is unclear after intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (IVTA) for macular edema with br...

    Authors: Hidetaka Noma, Hideharu Funatsu, Tatsuya Mimura and Katsunori Shimada
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:39
  7. To evaluate the safety of pegaptanib sodium 0.3 mg intravitreal injection in the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration in subjects with or without diabetes mellitus.

    Authors: Theresa Dombi, Kenneth K Kwok and Marla B Sultan
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:37
  8. The purpose of this study is to validate the use of visual evoked potential (VEP) to objectively quantify visual acuity in normal and amblyopic patients, and determine if it is possible to predict visual acuit...

    Authors: Jihoon Jeon, Seiyul Oh and Sungeun Kyung
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:36
  9. The purpose of this study was to compare the monocular Humphrey Visual Field (HVF) with the binocular Humphrey Esterman Visual Field (HEVF) for determining whether subjects suffering from glaucoma fulfilled th...

    Authors: Marcelo Ayala
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:35
  10. To evaluate objectively the anatomical and functional changes of optic nerve in eyes with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) by the joint use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and multifocal visual evoked ...

    Authors: Marilita M Moschos, Gerasimos Georgopoulos, Irini P Chatziralli and Chryssanthi Koutsandrea
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:34
  11. To assess which of three methods, namely, optical coherence tomography (OCT), pattern electroretinogram (PERG) or frequency-doubling technology (FDT), is the most sensitive and specific for detecting early gla...

    Authors: Mauro Cellini, Pier Giorgio Toschi, Ernesto Strobbe, Nicole Balducci and Emilio C Campos
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:33
  12. Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK) allows selective replacement of the endothelium. Post-operative haze and particles can affect the interface quality and, ultimately, visual outcome...

    Authors: Giulio Ferrari, Verena Reichegger, Luca Ludergnani, Elisabetta Delfini and Claudio Macaluso
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:32
  13. Carotid cavernous fistulas are abnormal communications between the cavernous sinus and the external or internal carotid arteries. Although rare, closure of carotid cavernous fistulas can lead to immediate ocul...

    Authors: Sumeer Thinda, Mark R Melson and Rachel W Kuchtey
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:28
  14. This systematic review gives an overview of foveal crowding (the inability to recognize objects due to surrounding nearby contours in foveal vision) and possible interventions. Foveal crowding can have a major...

    Authors: Bianca Huurneman, F Nienke Boonstra, Ralf FA Cox, Antonius HN Cillessen and Ger van Rens
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:27
  15. Dust exposure is a well-known occupational hazard for terrestrial workers and astronauts alike and will continue to be a concern as humankind pursues exploration and habitation of objects beyond Earth. Humanki...

    Authors: Valerie E Meyers, Hector D Garcìa, Kathryn Monds, Bonnie L Cooper and John T James
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:26
  16. To determine the agreement between intraocular pressure and the ‘Wuerzburg bleb classification score’, as well as between single items of the score and intraocular pressure. Interobserver variability was analy...

    Authors: Sandra Furrer, Marcel N Menke, Jens Funk and Marc Töteberg-Harms
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:24
  17. Dry eye syndrome (DES) is a common ocular disorder occurring in general population. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of DES on vision-related quality of life (QoL) in a non-clinic-based gene...

    Authors: Qihua Le, Xiaodong Zhou, Ling Ge, Liangcheng Wu, Jiaxu Hong and Jianjiang Xu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:22
  18. Subperiosteal hematoma of the orbit is one of the rare lesions that cause exophthalmos after craniomaxillofacial trauma. Presently, there is no consensus for how to treat this disease. Although some reports ha...

    Authors: Taro Mikami, Jiro Maegawa, Mayu Mutou Kuroda, Yasushi Yamamoto and Kazunori Yasumura
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:18
  19. Bullous keratopathy (BK), a severe sight-threatening disorder can have a variety of etiologies such as prophylactic laser iridotomy, intraocular surgery, trauma, and other ocular disorders. However, there are ...

    Authors: Xiaodong Zheng, Yasushi Inoue, Atsushi Shiraishi, Yoko Hara, Tomoko Goto and Yuichi Ohashi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:17
  20. To compare the corneal high-order aberrations (HOAs), asphericity and regularity after Q-value guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) in high myopic astigmatism.

    Authors: Hui Huang, Jianguo Yang, Huijing Bao, Shaorong Chen, Beibei Xia and Jun Zou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:15
  21. The hang-back surgery is a useful technique in the field of strabismus surgery. The aim of this study is to determine the stabilizing effects of fibrin glue as an adjuvant to hang-back surgery.

    Authors: Jihyun Park, Jung Jin Lee, Eun Hye Lim, Joon H Lee, Kyung Hyun Jin and Ungsoo Samuel Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:14
  22. Microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetes stem from chronic hyperglycemia and are thought to have overlapping pathophysiology. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence rate of hos...

    Authors: Bao-Anh Nguyen-Khoa, Earl L Goehring Jr, Winifred Werther, Anne E Fung, Diana V Do, Rajendra S Apte and Judith K Jones
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:11
  23. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in ocular physiology. Anti-VEGF agents are now used for treatment of common retinal diseases. This study characterises the vasoactive propertie...

    Authors: Er-Ning Su, Stephen J Cringle, Ian L McAllister and Dao-Yi Yu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:10
  24. Several studies have investigated the effect of latanoprost on intraocular pressure (IOP). We compared the IOP-lowering effects of three higher concentrations of latanoprost with the commercially available con...

    Authors: David Eveleth, Carla Starita and Charles Tressler
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:9
  25. Retinal dystrophies display a considerably wide range of phenotypic variability, which can make diagnosis and clinical staging difficult. The aim of the study is to analyze the contribution of retro-mode imagi...

    Authors: Battaglia Parodi Maurizio, Iacono Pierluigi, Kontadakis Stelios, Vergallo Stefano, Cascavilla Marialucia, Zucchiatti Ilaria and Bandello Francesco
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:8
  26. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a serious cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital environment, but also, lately, in the community. This case report is, to our knowledge, the first detailed des...

    Authors: Evangelia E Tsironi, Fani Zacharaki, Ioanna N Grivea, Sophia V Tachmitzi, Aspasia N Michoula, Marianna Vlychou, Efthimia Petinaki and George A Syrogiannopoulos
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:7
  27. Major-histocompatibility-complex class I-related chain A (MICA) antigens are the ligands of NKG2D, which is an activating or coactivating receptor expressed on human NK cells and CD8+T cells. We sought to determi...

    Authors: Jiaxu Hong, Ting Qiu, Tingting Qian, Gang Li, Xiaobo Yu, Junyi Chen, Qihua Le, Xinghuai Sun and Jianjiang Xu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:6
  28. The risk of visual impairment increases dramatically with age and therefore older adults should have their eyes examined at least every 1 to 2 years. Using a world-wide, population-based dataset, we sought to ...

    Authors: Claudia Vela, Elodie Samson, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Slim Haddad, Marie-Josée Aubin and Ellen E Freeman
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:5
  29. The activity of melanopsin containing intrinsically photosensitive ganglion retinal cells (ipRGC) can be assessed by a means of pupil responses to bright blue (appr.480 nm) light. Due to age related factors in...

    Authors: Kristina Herbst, Birgit Sander, Henrik Lund-Andersen, Adam Elias Broendsted, Line Kessel, Michael Stormly Hansen and Aki Kawasaki
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:4
  30. Fibrin pupillary-block glaucoma is a rare complication after cataract surgery. The treatment for this condition is still controversial, since Nd:YAG laser fibrin membranotomy tends to reocclude and laser perip...

    Authors: Hideaki Yoshino, Masaaki Seki, Jun Ueda, Takaiko Yoshino, Takeo Fukuchi and Haruki Abe
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:3
  31. To evaluate results after seven years using prophylactic intracameral cefazolin for the prevention of endophthalmitis in cataract surgery.

    Authors: Pedro Romero-Aroca, Isabel Méndez-Marin, Merce Salvat-Serra, Juan Fernández-Ballart, Matias Almena-Garcia and Javier Reyes-Torres
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:2
  32. The purpose of this study was to investigate current patterns of management and outcomes of intermittent distance exotropia [X(T)] in the UK.

    Authors: Deborah Buck, Christine J Powell, Jugnoo Rahi, Phillippa Cumberland, Peter Tiffin, Robert Taylor, John Sloper, Helen Davis, Emma Dawson and Michael P Clarke
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2012 12:1
  33. The human lens is continuously exposed to high levels of light. Ultraviolet radiation is believed to play a causative role in the development of cataract. In vivo, however, the lens is mainly exposed to visibl...

    Authors: Line Kessel, Lars Eskildsen, Jesper Holm Lundeman, Ole Bjarlin Jensen and Michael Larsen
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2011 11:41
  34. the purpose of this study was to report a binocular photic retinal injury induced by plasma arc welding and the follow-up after treatment with vitamin supplements for a month. In our study, we used different d...

    Authors: Mauro Cellini, Roberto Gattegna, Pier Giorgio Toschi, Ernesto Strobbe and Emilio C Campos
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2011 11:40
  35. Mycotic keratitis is an important cause of corneal blindness world over including India. Geographical location and climate are known to influence the profile of fungal diseases. While there are several reports...

    Authors: Bibhudutta Rautaraya, Savitri Sharma, Sarita Kar, Sujata Das and Srikant K Sahu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2011 11:39

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