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  1. Ocular involvement may occur via several mechanisms in patients with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) mainly chronic anemia, iron overload and iron chelator toxicity. We aimed to evaluate the frequenc...

    Authors: Sezaneh Haghpanah, Omid Reza Zekavat, Mohammadreza Bordbar, Mehran Karimi, Soheila Zareifar, Sanaz Safaei, Mani Ramzi and Hossein Ashraf
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:376
  2. Side effects of the systemic drugs used to treat eyes are not common. Triplixam is used to treat systemic hypertension and contains amlodipine, indapamide and perindopril arginine as active ingredients which m...

    Authors: Ruta Jaruseviciene and Ginte Sirvydyte
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:375
  3. The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic ability of OCT parameters and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) count in identify glaucomatous disease in myopic preperimetric eyes.

    Authors: Teresa Rolle, Beatrice Bonetti, Alberto Mazzucco and Laura Dallorto
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:373
  4. The last visual survey of older adults in Hong Kong was a district-level study in 2002, with no assessment of behavioral and medical risk factors for visual impairment (VI). Our objectives were to determine th...

    Authors: Perseus Wing-Fu WONG, Jordy Kin-Pong LAU, Bonnie Nga-Kwan CHOY, Kendrick Co SHIH, Alex Lap-Ki NG, Ian Yat-Hin WONG and Jonathan Cheuk-Hung CHAN
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:372
  5. The DRCR.net Protocol T clinical trial assessed the comparative efficacy and safety of anti-VEGF treatments including aflibercept, ranibizumab and bevacizumab in diabetic macular edema (DME). Post -hoc analyse...

    Authors: J. M. Ruiz-Moreno, F. de Andrés-Nogales and I. Oyagüez
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:371
  6. Post-implantation visual outcomes in patients with the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis is dependent on a multitude of factors including the positioning of the electrode array on the retina. The purpose of this stu...

    Authors: Abhishek Naidu, Nimra Ghani, Mohammad Saad Yazdanie and Khurram Chaudhary
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:366
  7. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) combined with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and transscleral-sutured intraocular lens (IOL) implantation (IOL-suture)...

    Authors: Takahiko Hayashi, Ida Yasutsugu, Toshiki Shimizu, Tsubasa Kuroki, Yuji Kobashigawa, Yasuhito Iijima and Kentaro Yuda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:369
  8. Valsalva retinopathy is known to occur as a sudden preretinal or sub-internal limiting membrane hemorrhage induced by a rapid rise in venous pressure following increased intrathoracic or intraabdominal pressur...

    Authors: Toshiya Miyaki, Teruyo Kida, Shou Oosuka, Masanori Fukumoto, Takaki Sato, Masayuki Nakajima and Tsunehiko Ikeda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:368
  9. A majority of multiple sclerosis patients experience visual impairment, often as the initial presenting symptom of the disease. While structural changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer and optic nerve have de...

    Authors: Landon J. Rohowetz, Qui Vu, Lilit Ablabutyan, Sean M. Gratton, Nancy Kunjukunju, Billi S. Wallace and Peter Koulen
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:367
  10. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Hidenobu Tanihara, Takahiko Kakuda, Tetsuro Sano, Takashi Kanno and Ryoji Gunji
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:362

    The original article was published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:275

  11. Congenital cataract (CC) is a significant cause of lifelong visual loss, and its genetic diagnosis is challenging due to marked genetic heterogeneity. The purpose of this article is to report the genetic findi...

    Authors: Fan Fan, Yi Luo, Jihong Wu, Chao Gao, Xin Liu, Hengjun Mei and Xiyue Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:361
  12. Eyemate® is a system for the continual monitoring of intraocular pressure (IOP), composed of an intraocular sensor, and a hand-held reader device. As the eyemate®-IO sensor communicates with the hand-held read...

    Authors: Azzurra Invernizzi, Shereif Haykal, Valeria Lo Faro, Vincenzo Pennisi and Lars Choritz
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:357
  13. Sialidosis is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficit of neuraminidase enzyme activity. Patients with sialidosis present various neurological disorders such as: myoclonic epilepsy and hyp...

    Authors: Settimio Rossi, Carlo Gesualdo, Antonio Tartaglione, Leonilda Bilo, Antonietta Coppola and Francesca Simonelli
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:356
  14. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) keratitis is a major cause of corneal blindness in the world, and an in-depth understanding of its pathogenesis may help improve existing diagnosis and treatment. The purpos...

    Authors: Hua Yang, Xiaozhao Yang, Yani Wang, Xuan Zheng, Yi Zhang and Yan Shao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:355
  15. The measurement of the pupillary function is an indispensable test in some eye examinations, being necessary the evaluation of the precision of instruments performing such measures. The aim of this study was t...

    Authors: David P. Piñero, Dolores de Fez, Inmaculada Cabezos, Alberto López-Navarro, María T. Caballero and Vicente J. Camps
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:354
  16. To investigate the distribution of peripheral anterior chamber depth (ACD) and the relationship between peripheral ACD and gonioscopy compared to other ocular parameters for primary angle closure disease (PACD...

    Authors: Qin Luo, Wenwen Xue, Yin Yuan, Chaowei Fu, Jiangnan He, Haidong Zou, Xiaowei Tong, Richard K. Lee and Ling Ge
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:353
  17. Inaccurate biometry can lead to the wrong intraocular lens implantation and result in refractive surprise following cataract surgery. It is important to be sceptical of biometry results that do not match the r...

    Authors: Francis Carr and Vinod Gangwani
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:352
  18. Drainage of exudative retinal detachment may be necessary for either therapeutic or diagnostic purposes (or both). Here, we describe an external drainage technique for non-resolving vision-threatening exudativ...

    Authors: Matthew P. Simunovic, Emily H. Shao and Perach Osaadon
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:349
  19. Neurosarcoidosis is a rare systemic disorder that can affect the eye and other organs, including the central nervous system. Neurosarcoidosis infiltrating the optic nerve presenting as central retinal vein occ...

    Authors: Chaoyi Feng, Qian Chen, Wei Liu, Yingwen Bi, Jiang Qian, Min Wang, Xinghuai Sun and Guohong Tian
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:348
  20. To calculate and evaluate the prevalence of reduced uncorrected distant visual acuity (UCDVA) in primary, middle and high schools in 6 districts of Changsha, Hunan, China.

    Authors: Menglian Liao, Zehuai Cai, Muhammad Ahmad Khan, Wenjie Miao, Ding Lin and Qiongyan Tang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:347
  21. Trachoma is a neglected eye disease and an important cause of preventable corneal blindness. In endemic areas, initial infection can occur in early childhood and following a recurrent episodes, it progresses t...

    Authors: Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Ayele Mamo Abebe, Kirubel Dagnaw Tegegne, Mikiyas Amare Getu and Woldemichael Tadesse Bihonegn
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:346
  22. Given the two different kinds of epiretinal membranes, this study aimed to compare both the structural and functional outcomes of lamellar macular holes with and without lamellar hole-associated epiretinal pro...

    Authors: Hanyue Xu, Ling Qin, Yifan Zhang, Yinan Xiao and Ming Zhang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:345
  23. To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Visian Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) implantation in high myopic patients with inactive Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) by observing the changes of choroidal thick...

    Authors: Fanglin He, Yan Liu, Renbing Jia and Jing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:344
  24. Intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important physiological measure of the eye and is associated with some ocular disorders. We aimed to assess the influence of topical beta blocker-induced IOP reduction on lens-...

    Authors: Li Dong, Yi Fan Li, Hao Tian Wu, Hai Di Kou, Yin Jun Lan, Ya Xing Wang, Jost B. Jonas and Wen Bin Wei
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:343
  25. Plasma fibroblast skin tightening treatment is a relatively novel and growing minimally invasive aesthetic skin procedure. The treatment claims to rejuvenate skin by improving facial lines, wrinkles and skin p...

    Authors: Sirjhun Patel, Mohith Shamdas and Caroline Cobb
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:342
  26. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between changes in the macular capillary network and macular edema (ME) recurrence with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) using swept-source optical coh...

    Authors: Ji Hye Jang, Yu Cheol Kim and Jae Pil Shin
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:341
  27. Substance P (SP) is a nociceptive tachykinin which regulates the immune inflammatory reactions including monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) production. Sequential second-eye cataract surgery patients o...

    Authors: Xianhui Gong, Yueping Ren, Xiuxiu Fang, Junyong Cai and E. Song
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:339
  28. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Jiaqi Zhou, Feng Xue, Xingtao Zhou, Rajeev Krishnan Naidu and Yishan Qian
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:338

    The original article was published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:240

  29. Silicone oil tamponade has become a mainstay in treatment of advanced retinal detachment due to multiple etiologies. The aim of this study is to assess the characteristics, fates and complications of long-term...

    Authors: Nakhleh E. Abu-Yaghi, Yazan A. Abu Gharbieh, Ahmad M. Al-Amer, Saif Aldeen S. AlRyalat, Mohammed B. Nawaiseh, Mohammad J. Darweesh, Leen R. Alkukhun, Alaa M. Abed, Omar A. Saleh and Osama H. Ababneh
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:336
  30. Neuromuscular hamartoma is a very rare tumor; with only five cases reported in the orbit. It often occurs in infants and young children and involves large peripheral nerves, but there has been only few reports...

    Authors: Tae-Sung Joo, Hyejee Kim, In-Ki Park and Jae-Ho Shin
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:334
  31. 22q11.2 duplication syndrome (Dup22q11.2) has reduced penetrance and variable expressivity. Those affected may have intellectual disabilities, dysmorphic facial features, and ocular alterations such as ptosis,...

    Authors: Claudia Valencia-Peña, Paula Jiménez-Sanchez, Wilmar Saldarriaga and César Payán-Gómez
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:333
  32. Orbital invasive aspergillosis infection is rare life-threatening infection, most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients and extremely rare in individuals without risk factors. Here we present a rare case...

    Authors: Jiahui Wu, Hao Zhou, Ruili Wei and Jinwei Cheng
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:330
  33. The purpose was to study the macular ganglion cell- inner plexiform layer (GC-IPL) thickness in healthy 6.5 year- old Swedish children using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and to study topography symmetry ...

    Authors: Urszula Arnljots, Maria Nilsson, Ida Hed Myrberg, Ulrika Ã…den and Kerstin Hellgren
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:329
  34. Clinicians adopt varying strategies for antisepsis with PI, which to this day remains efficient, economical and effective. Clinicians should prudently consider effective PI application, and we thank Koerner an...

    Authors: Sivashanth Gnanasekaran, Sophie Rogers, Sanj Wickremasinghe and Sukhpal S. Sandhu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:328

    The original article was published in BMC Ophthalmology 2020 20:29

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