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  1. To investigate whether genetic risk variants for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are associated with response to intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in polypoidal choroidal vascu...

    Authors: Un Chul Park, Joo Young Shin, Hum Chung and Hyeong Gon Yu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:241
  2. Mooren ulcer has been considered as an idiopathic autoimmune keratitis. However, it has been in some cases suggested to be associated with hepatitis C, although the evidence is very vague.

    Authors: Vesa Aaltonen, Mari Alavesa, Laura Pirilä, Eija Vesti and Mohammad Al-Juhaish
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:239
  3. We report a case of hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis (HORV) after prophylactic intracameral vancomycin use during an uneventful cataract surgery treated with early anti-VEGF treatment.

    Authors: Konstantinos Andreanos, Petros Petrou, George Kymionis, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou and Ilias Georgalas
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:238
  4. Visual disturbances associated with isolated sphenoid sinus inflammatory diseases (ISSIDs) are easily misdiagnosed due to the nonspecific symptoms and undetectable anatomical location. The main objective of th...

    Authors: Lanlan Chen, Libin Jiang, Bentao Yang and Prem S. Subramanian
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:237
  5. AZOOR was first described by Gass in 1993 as a syndrome with rapid loss of one or more extensive zones of the outer retinal segments. It is characterized by photopsia, minimal funduscopic changes, and electror...

    Authors: Yi Chun Kuo, Nancy Chen and Rong Kung Tsai
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:236
  6. The dislocation of the crystalline lens is a common finding in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS). Scleral intraocular lens (IOL) fixation is an accepted treatment method of this complication. To now, no long...

    Authors: Jan Luebke, Thomas Reinhard, Hansjuergen Agostini, Daniel Boehringer and Philipp Eberwein
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:235
  7. Previous analyses of real-life data indicated that injection frequency and health care costs did not differ for anti-VEGF treatment with aflibercept and ranibizumab. The objective of this study was to investig...

    Authors: Oliver Reich, Martin K. Schmid, Roland Rapold, Lucas M. Bachmann and Eva Blozik
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:234
  8. Capsular contraction syndrome (CCS) has been reported as an uncommon complication after an cataract extraction surgery with intact anterior capsulorhexis. This report is written to present a case of complete o...

    Authors: Hoon Dong Kim, Jae Min Kim and Jong Jin Jung
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:233
  9. We needed to validate and calibrate our portable acuity screening tools so amblyopia could be detected quickly and effectively at school entry.

    Authors: Maya Tsao Wu, M. Diane Armitage, Claire Trujillo, Anna Trujillo, Laura E. Arnold, Lauren Tsao Wu and Robert W. Arnold
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:232
  10. To report a case of complete progressive visual recovery and healing of outer retinal layers after vitrectomy for foveal detachment associated with optic disc pit.

    Authors: Audrey Giocanti-Aurégan, Elige A. Chbat, Christophe G. H. Morel, Bruno R. Morin, John G. Conrath and François C. Devin
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:231
  11. In many countries, access to general health and eye care is related to an individual’s socioeconomic status (SES). We aimed to examine the prevalence of oculo-visual disorders in children in Istanbul Turkey, d...

    Authors: Serap Azizoğlu, Sheila G. Crewther, Funda Şerefhan, Ayla Barutchu, Sinan Göker and Barbara M. Junghans
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:230
  12. Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular malignancy occurring in children. It can metastasize to the regional lymph nodes, central nervous system and distant organs usually the bones and bone marrow and v...

    Authors: Ping Wang, Yang-Jun Li, Shao-Bo Zhang, Qi-Lin Cheng, Qiong Zhang and Li-Sha He
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:229
  13. Limited data exist collating most of the associated factors for strabismus in one analysis. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of strabismus and to analyse associated factors in former preterm ...

    Authors: Achim Fieß, Ruth Kölb-Keerl, Alexander K. Schuster, Markus Knuf, Bernd Kirchhof, Philipp S. Muether and Jacqueline Bauer
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:228
  14. Nivolumab is a fully human antibody which is routinely used at first therapy for metastatic melanoma. Usually, side effects are immune-related adverse events. We report a case of a man who developed bilateral ...

    Authors: Claire Theillac, Morgane Straub, Anne-Laure Breton, Luc Thomas and Stéphane Dalle
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:227
  15. Retinal tears complicating the course of a posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) may be unique or multiple, and when multiple they may occur simultaneously or subsequently at different moments in the evolution o...

    Authors: Nicolas Crim, Evangelina Esposito, Rodolfo Monti, Leandro J. Correa, Horacio M. Serra and Julio A. Urrets-Zavalia
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:226
  16. Currently, there are a limited number of reports of structural changes in the retina and choroid in acute anterior uveitis (AAU). The aim of this study was to evaluate choroidal and central foveal thicknesses ...

    Authors: Mirinae Kim, Seung Yong Choi and Young-Hoon Park
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:225
  17. To summarize the clinical characteristics and potential factors affecting the visual outcomes in patients with cytomegalovirus retinitis following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).

    Authors: Yuehong Zhang, Xiangcai Ruan, Weizhong Yang, Ling Li, Zhuanhua Xian, Qiting Feng and Wenjian Mo
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:224
  18. The purpose of this study was to identify differences in clinical corneal findings after standard and accelerated epithelial off cross-linking (CXL) during a long-term follow-up.

    Authors: Karsten U. Kortuem, Efstathios Vounotrypidis, Alexandros Athanasiou, Michael Müller, Alexander Babenko, Christoph Kern, Siegfried Priglinger and Wolfgang J. Mayer
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:222
  19. This study evaluates the macular function changes in patients with idiopathic macular epiretinal membrane (ERM) by multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) and their correlations with visual acuity and central m...

    Authors: Meng Gao, Yi Wang, Wu Liu, LiMei Liu, WeiYu Yan, Ju Liu, KeGao Liu, XinXin Liu and YanHua Hu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:221
  20. To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of undercorrected refractive error (URE) among people with diabetes in the Baoshan District of Shanghai, where data for undercorrected refractive error are limited.

    Authors: Mengjun Zhu, Xiaowei Tong, Rong Zhao, Xiangui He, Huijuan Zhao and Jianfeng Zhu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:220
  21. To evaluate the effects on vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling versus vitrectomy with inverted internal limiting membrane flap technique for macular hole-induced retinal detachment (MHRD).

    Authors: Jing Yuan, Ling-Lin Zhang, Yu-Jie Lu, Meng-Yao Han, Ai-Hua Yu and Xiao-Jun Cai
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:219
  22. Previous studies have associated the Interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene clusters polymorphisms with the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). However, the results were not consistent. Here, we performed a meta-analy...

    Authors: Junhua Li, Yifan Feng, Mi Sun Sung, Tae Hee Lee and Sang Woo Park
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:218
  23. To describe the features of foveal microvasculature using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and to determine the related clinical factors in eyes with surgically closed macular hole (MH).

    Authors: Joon Hee Cho, Ho Chul Yi, So Hyun Bae and Hakyoung Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:217
  24. The registry system can be used to observe the distribution trend of diseases and analyze the related data to provide useful information in a way that enables the government to take appropriate interventional ...

    Authors: Fei Xia, Liangcheng Wu, Chenghai Weng and Xingtao Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:216
  25. Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) error relative to intracameral intraocular pressure (IOP) has not been examined comparatively in both human cadaver eyes and in live human eyes. Futhermore, correlations to...

    Authors: Sean McCafferty, Jason Levine, Jim Schwiegerling and Eniko T. Enikov
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:215
  26. Knobloch Syndrome (KS) is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by occipital skull defects and vitreoretinal degeneration. Retinal detachment (RD) often occurs at the end of the first decade of life or late...

    Authors: Robert J. White, Yao Wang, Peter Tang and Sandra R. Montezuma
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:214
  27. Bacteria are the major contributor of ocular infections worldwide. Ocular infections, if left untreated, can damage the structures of the eye with possible blindness and visual impairments. This work was aimed...

    Authors: Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin, Hailay Gebreyesus, Ataklti Hailu Atsbaha, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom and Muthupandian Saravanan
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:212
  28. Anti-fibrotic, anti-VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) medications, or radiotherapy, as adjuvant for pterygium surgical procedure, has been suggested for reducing recurrence, but difficulties may be exp...

    Authors: Wen Zeng, Zengming Liu, Hanjun Dai, Ming Yan, Hong Luo, Min Ke and Xiaojun Cai
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:211
  29. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes the dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. In this study, we examined the effects of riluzole, a sustained activator of the TRAAK potassium cha...

    Authors: Chaolan Shen, Wei Ma, Wenbin Zheng, Hao Huang, Renchun Xia, Chu Li and Xiaobo Zhu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:210
  30. Proper information on causes of childhood vision loss is essential in developing appropriate strategies and programs to address such causes. This study aimed at identifying the causes of vision loss in childre...

    Authors: Rajendra Gyawali, Bharat Kumar Bhayal, Rabindra Adhikary, Arjun Shrestha and Rabindra Prasad Sah
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:209
  31. The pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is complex. It has been shown that vitreomacular traction (VMT) plays a role in the pathogenesis of AMD. We speculate that the continuous stretch indu...

    Authors: Shen Wu, Qingjun Lu, Ningli Wang, Jingxue Zhang, Qian Liu, Meng Gao, Jinqiu Chen, Wu Liu and Liang Xu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:208
  32. To describe the optical coherence tomography angiograhy (OCTA) of drusenoid pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs) in a woman affected by Complement 3 (C3) glomerulopathy, which represents a spectrum of glomeru...

    Authors: Valeria Kheir, Ali Dirani, Matthieu Halfon, Jean-Pierre Venetz, Georges Halabi and Yan Guex-Crosier
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:207
  33. Autologous fat injection is getting popular in cosmetic procedures, however, still has a risk of fat embolism. Herein, we report the first case of segmental ischaemic infarction of the iris, which occurred aft...

    Authors: Jaeyoung Kim, Sa Kang Kim and Mee Kum Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:205
  34. The near work and outdoor activity are the most important environmental risk factors for myopia. However, data from Chinese rural children are relatively rare and remain controversial. Therefore, the purpose o...

    Authors: Zhong Lin, Tie Ying Gao, Balamurali Vasudevan, Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, Yuan Bo Liang, Vishal Jhanji, Su Jie Fan, Wei Han and Ning Li Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:203
  35. In our previous study, we showed that both allogeneic and autogeneic small-incision femtosecond laser-assisted corneal intrastromal transplantation are safe and effective surgeries. However, the results of sma...

    Authors: He Jin, Liangping Liu, Hui Ding, Miao He, Chi Zhang and Xingwu Zhong
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:202
  36. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Viscocanalostomy/Phacoviscocanalostomy (VC/PVC) in lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) in Normal Tension Glaucoma (NTG) patients.

    Authors: Derek Kwun-hong Ho, Adesuwa Garrick, Seemeen Aazem and Divya Mathews
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:201
  37. Ocular contusion can produce severe lesions, which if not treated appropriately and promptly, can lead to visual impairment. Ocular contusion in childhood may not be reported by children.

    Authors: Viola Andin Dohvoma, Steve Robert Ebana Mvogo, Pepin Williams Atipo-tsiba, Emilienne Epee, Paul Jean Adrien Atangana, Samuel Amvene Nko’o and Côme Ebana Mvogo
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:200
  38. To compare the measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) among the three different non-contact tonometers (NCT) and the Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT) for non-glaucomatous subjects.

    Authors: Seung Pil Bang, Chong Eun Lee and Yu Cheol Kim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:199
  39. Light exposure and more specifically the spectrum of blue light contribute to the oxidative stress in Age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The purpose of the study was to establish whether blue light filter...

    Authors: Natalia Vila, Aya Siblini, Evangelina Esposito, Vasco Bravo-Filho, Pablo Zoroquiain, Sultan Aldrees, Patrick Logan, Lluis Arias and Miguel N. Burnier
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:198
  40. Conjunctival lymphangiectasia is a rare condition presumably caused by the obstruction of lymphatic channels or by an abnormal connection between conjunctival lymphatic and blood vessels. Diagnosis is based on...

    Authors: Eva Volek, Jeannette Toth, Zoltan Zsolt Nagy and Miklos Schneider
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:194
  41. Patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) have a progressive decrease of their visual acuity which can deteriorate to <0.1. Some patients can have a partial recovery of their vision in one or both...

    Authors: Yukihiko Mashima, Kazuteru Kigasawa, Kei Shinoda, Masato Wakakura and Yoshihisa Oguchi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:192

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