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  2. To investigate corneal densitometry values obtained using Scheimpflug tomography in normal and highly myopic (HM) eyes and to assess the differences in densitometry values between them.

    Authors: Jing Dong, Yaqin Zhang, Haining Zhang, Zhijie Jia, Suhua Zhang, Bin Sun, Yongqing Han and Xiaogang Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:182
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  3. Macular neovascular diseases can cause severe vision loss. A newly approved anti—VEGF drug Conbercept has shown good efficacy and safety in rigorous random controlled trials (RCT), however, it cannot fully ref...

    Authors: Jin Jing, Shen Yinchen, Chen Xia, Wang Jing, Chen Chong, Xu Xun, Huang Hengye and Liu Kun
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:181
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  5. Hyperreflective foci have been described in OCT imaging of patients with retinal vascular diseases. It has been suggested that they may play a role as a prognostic factor of visual outcomes in these diseases. ...

    Authors: Barbara Berasategui, Alex Fonollosa, Joseba Artaraz, Ioana Ruiz-Arruza, Jose Ríos, Jessica Matas, Victor Llorenç, David Diaz-Valle, Marina Sastre-Ibañez, Pedro Arriola-Villalobos and Alfredo Adan
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:179
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  7. The anatomical success rate of macular hole surgery ranges around 93–98%. However, the prognosis of large macular holes is generally poor. The study was conducted to compare the anatomical and visual outcomes ...

    Authors: Naresh Babu Kannan, Piyush Kohli, Haemoglobin Parida, O. O. Adenuga and Kim Ramasamy
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:177
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  8. Intraocular lenses (IOLs) with different diopter (D) intervals may have different tolerance, and may provide different accuracy of refractive outcome after cataract surgery. The aim of the study is to compare ...

    Authors: Minjung Kim, Youngsub Eom, Jong Suk Song and Hyo Myung Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:176
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  9. Corneal ectasia after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) is uncommon. To our knowledge, this is the first report of 3-year results of combined phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) and corneal collagen c...

    Authors: Qingman Ge, Chuanbo Cui, Jing Wang and Guoying Mu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:175
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  13. To evaluate visual acuity, corneal astigmatism and corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs) after implantation of trifocal diffractive IOLs operated with either a corneal steep-axis incision or 135° incision.

    Authors: Shasha Xue, Guiqiu Zhao, Xiaoni Yin, Jing Lin, Cui Li, Liting Hu, Lin Leng and Xuejiao Yang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:171
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  14. Fungal keratitis (FK) is a sight-threatening disease, accounting for a significant portion with its complex presentation, suboptimal efficacy of the existing therapies and uncontrollable excessive innate infla...

    Authors: Xudong Peng, Guiqiu Zhao, Jing Lin, Jianqiu Qu, Yingxue Zhang and Cui Li
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:170
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  15. To determine the effect of age on the thickness of individual retinal and choroidal vascular layers in the macula in an ophthalmologically healthy Chinese cohort by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomo...

    Authors: Qian Xu, Ying Li, Ying Cheng and Yi Qu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:169
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  16. To assess the safety and efficacy of two subthreshold parameters (5 and 15% duty cycle (DC)) compared to standard ETDRS (early treatment of diabetic retinopathy study) continuous wave (CW) laser.

    Authors: Jay Chhablani, Rayan Alshareef, David Ta Kim, Raja Narayanan, Abhilash Goud and Annie Mathai
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:168
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  17. Bacteria in the conjunctiva present a potential risk of vitreous cavity infection during 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). Current preoperative procedures used in Sweden include irrigation with chlorhexidi...

    Authors: Nasser J. Gili, Torbjörn Noren, Eva Törnquist, Sven Crafoord and Anders Bäckman
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:167
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  18. The prospective observation study aimed to evaluate changes in corneal higher-order aberrations induced by advancement of pterygium using an anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) and Zernike a...

    Authors: Keiichiro Minami, Tadatoshi Tokunaga, Keiichiro Okamoto, Kazunori Miyata and Tetsuro Oshika
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:166
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  21. To evaluate clinical factors affecting postoperative vaulting in eyes that had achieved optimal vaulting within the range of 250–750 μm following implantation of 12.6-mm V4c implantable collamer lenses (ICL).

    Authors: Hun Lee, David Sung Yong Kang, Jin Young Choi, Byoung Jin Ha, Eung Kweon Kim, Kyoung Yul Seo and Tae-im Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:163
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  23. To determine postoperative refractive and visual outcomes and astigmatic changes after femtosecond laser astigmatic keratotomy in femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS).

    Authors: Jing Wang, Jiangyue Zhao, Jun Xu and Jinsong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:161
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  24. We report for the first time, a case of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) with implantation of a diffractive trifocal intraocular lens (IOL) after laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

    Authors: Wei Wang, Shuang Ni, Xi Li, Xiang Chen, Yanan Zhu and Wen Xu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:160
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Myopia is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and young adults. Multiple epidemiological studies have confirmed a high prevalence of myopia in Asian countries. However, fewer longitudinal studi...

    Authors: Min Chen, Aimin Wu, Lina Zhang, Wei Wang, Xinyi Chen, Xiaoning Yu and Kaijun Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:159
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  27. To investigate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among subjects with self-reported glaucoma and the association between self-reported glaucoma and depression respectively anxiety in a European cohort.

    Authors: J. Rezapour, S. Nickels, A. K. Schuster, M. Michal, T. Münzel, P. S. Wild, I. Schmidtmann, K. Lackner, A. Schulz, N. Pfeiffer and M. E. Beutel
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:157
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  29. To evaluate inner retinal dimples after peeling of the inner limiting membrane (ILM) for macular holes (lamellar macular hole [LMH] and full-thickness macular hole [FTMH]) via multiple imaging modes of spectra...

    Authors: Jingjing Liu, Yiye Chen, Shiyuan Wang, Xiang Zhang and Peiquan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:155
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  30. To compare the clinical outcomes of wavefront-optimized (WFO) transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (trans-PRK) and corneal wavefront-guided (CWFG) trans-PRK for myopic eyes with moderate to high astigma...

    Authors: Ikhyun Jun, David Sung Yong Kang, Samuel Arba-Mosquera, Jin Young Choi, Hyung Keun Lee, Eung Kweon Kim, Kyoung Yul Seo and Tae-im Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:154
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  31. The aim of this study is to analyze and compare the progression of photoreceptor atrophy among siblings affected by retinitis pigmentosa by means of spectral SD-OCT.

    Authors: Leonardo Colombo, Giovanni Montesano, Barbara Sala, Fabio Patelli, Paolo Maltese, Andi Abeshi, Matteo Bertelli and Luca Rossetti
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:153
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  34. This study sought to identify factors associated with retinal detachment and retreatment of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity (APROP) initially treated with intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) injecti...

    Authors: Qizhe Tong, Hong Yin, Mingwei Zhao, Xiaoxin Li and Wenzhen Yu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:150
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  35. In 2013 five polar explorers attempted to complete the first Trans-Antarctic Winter Traverse (TAWT). This study presents the ophthalmological findings for this group, who overwintered in Antarctica as part of ...

    Authors: Matthew H. Stahl, Alexander Kumar, Robert Lambert, Michael Stroud, David Macleod, Andrew Bastawrous, Tunde Peto and Matthew J. Burton
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:149
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  36. To study the clinical outcomes of pigment epithelial detachment (PED) associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in patients switched from Ranibizumab to Aflibercept.

    Authors: Pallavi Tyagi, Zain Juma, Yong Keen Hor, Neil W. Scott, Andreea Ionean and Cynthia Santiago
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:148
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  37. Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GMS) is a rare autosomal recessive condition first described in 1968 and characterized by microcephaly and infantile onset of central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities resulting in se...

    Authors: Maha A. Al-Rakan, Manal D. Abothnain, Muhammad T. Alrifai and Majid Alfadhel
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:147
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. Previous cross-sectional studies revealed a higher prevalence of depression among glaucoma patients. However, cohort studies were in lack to build the risk of incident depression after the diagnosis of glaucom...

    Authors: Yu-Yen Chen, Yun-Ju Lai, Jen-Pang Wang, Ying-Cheng Shen, Chun-Yuan Wang, Hsin-Hua Chen, Hsiao-Yun Hu and Pesus Chou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:146
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  40. The optimal treatment for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is still under debate. Little knowledge is known about the treatment effect of “1+pro re nata(PRN)” treatment regimen for PCV. The aim of this ...

    Authors: Kunbei Lai, Ying Li, Lijun Zhou, Xiaojin Zhong, Chuangxin Huang, Fabao Xu, Lin Lu, Jian Ge and Chenjin Jin
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:144
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  41. Many studies have shown that patients with intermittent exotropia have different degrees of damage to their stereopsis function. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of different refractive statu...

    Authors: Dong Han, Danni Jiang, Jiahuan Zhang, Tianxu Pei and Qi Zhao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:143
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  42. Conbercept is a novel vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This systematic review aims to assess the efficacy and safety of conbe...

    Authors: Jiaxing Zhang, Yi Liang, Juan Xie, Dong Li, Qian Hu, Xiaosi Li, Wenyi Zheng and Rui He
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:142
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  43. To investigate refractive outcomes and optical quality after implantation of posterior chamber phakic implantable collamer lens with a central hole (ICL V4c) to correct high myopia.

    Authors: Huamao Miao, Xun Chen, Mi Tian, Yingjun Chen, Xiaoying Wang and Xingtao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:141
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  46. Ocular trauma is an important cause of visual loss worldwide. Improvements in our knowledge of the pathophysiology and management of ocular trauma during the past 30 years, in conjunction with advances in the ...

    Authors: Azusa Fujikawa, Yasser Helmy Mohamed, Hirofumi Kinoshita, Makiko Matsumoto, Masafumi Uematsu, Eiko Tsuiki, Kiyoshi Suzuma and Takashi Kitaoka
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:138
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  47. This paper seeks to evaluate the depth and outcomes of MyoRing implantation using two mechanical dissection procedures including: PocketMaker microkeratome in opposition to the Melles hook method.

    Authors: Shiva Pirhadi, Neda Mohammadi, Seyed Aliasghar Mosavi, Hashem Daryabari, Hossein Aghamollaei and Khosrow Jadidi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:137
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  48. Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy (PPRCA) is an unusual retinal degeneration, and its performance on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is unclear. We report a Chinese female case of PP...

    Authors: Yinchen Shen, Xun Xu and Hui Cao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:136
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  49. In our study we describe a method that optimizes size of excision and autografting for primary pterygia along with the use of intraoperative MMC and fibrin glue. Our objective is to propose a simple, optimized...

    Authors: Ho Sik Hwang, Kyong Jin Cho, Gabriel Rand, Roy S. Chuck and Ji Won Kwon
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:135
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  50. High cataract incidence and low cataract surgical rate are serious public health problems in China, despite the fact that efficient day care cataract surgery has been implemented in some public Tertiary A hosp...

    Authors: Min Zhuang, Juan Cao, Minglan Cui, Songtao Yuan, Qinghuai Liu and Wen Fan
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2018 18:134
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