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  1. Human toxocariasis, caused by Toxocara canis, T. cati, and T. vitulorum of dogs, cats and ruminants respectively, is recognized as an important zoonotic infection worldwide. The typical clinical syndromes of toxo...

    Authors: Devika Iddawela, Kiruthiha Ehambaram and Pemindra Bandara
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:50
  2. Τo perform a molecular epidemiological analysis of viral conjunctivitis among excess conjunctivitis cases recorded at the University Hospital of Patras, Greece, for the period March to June 2012.

    Authors: A. Balasopoulou, P. Κokkinos, D. Pagoulatos, P. Plotas, O. E. Makri, C. D. Georgakopoulos and A. Vantarakis
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:51
  3. In the assessment of a pituitary mass, objective visual field testing represents a valuable means of evaluating mass effect, and thus in deciding whether surgical management is warranted.

    Authors: Nisha Nesaratnam, Peter B. M. Thomas, Ramez Kirollos, Algis J. Vingrys, George Y. X. Kong and Keith R. Martin
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:53
  4. This study reports two cases of conjunctival granuloma with necrosis caused by an exposed suture in the upper palpebral conjunctiva masquerading as ocular surface squamous neoplasia.

    Authors: Yu Jeong Kim, Jaeyoung Kim, Hokyung Choung, Mee Kum Kim and Won Ryang Wee
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:55
  5. To compare the lamina cribrosa between eyes with and without neovascular glaucoma (NVG) using enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

    Authors: Satoshi Yokota, Yuji Takihara, Yoshihiro Takamura and Masaru Inatani
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:57
  6. To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and analyze the outcomes of a treat-and-extend (T&E) treatment regimen with ranibizumab for wet age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in real life clinical settings ove...

    Authors: Athanasios Vardarinos, Nitin Gupta, Raazia Janjua, Abigail Iron, Theo Empeslidis and Konstantinos T. Tsaousis
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:58
  7. The aim of this work is to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of preservative containing 0.0015% tafluprost and preservative-free 0.0015% tafluprost using a prospective crossover study.

    Authors: Wonseok Lee, Sunghoon Lee, HyoungWon Bae, Chan Yun Kim and Gong Je Seong
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:61
  8. To investigate the anatomic and functional outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with partial tamponade of filtered air for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) caused by superior retinal breaks.

    Authors: Zhaotian Zhang, Manjuan Peng, Yantao Wei, Xintong Jiang and Shaochong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:64
  9. Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare but life-threatening conditions that initially affect the skin and mucous membranes. The aim of this study was to compare the acute ...

    Authors: Loraine L. W. Chow, Kendrick C. Shih, Johnny C. Y. Chan, Jimmy S. M. Lai and Alex L. K. Ng
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:65
  10. To report patients with age-related macular degeneration and atypical central retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) defects not attributable to geographic atrophy (GA) or RPE-tears with overlying preserved photorec...

    Authors: Helena Giannakaki-Zimmermann, Giuseppe Querques, Inger Christine Munch, Daraius Shroff, David Sarraf, Xuejing Chen, Eduardo Cunha-Souza, Sarah Mrejen, Vittorio Capuano, Murilo W. Rodrigues, Charu Gupta, Andreas Ebneter, Martin S. Zinkernagel and Marion R. Munk
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:67
  11. To report our findings in a patient with asteroid hyalosis (AH) who had a severe reduction of his visual acuity following cataract surgery. The vision was improved by vitreous surgery.

    Authors: Ryosuke Ochi, Bumpei Sato, Seita Morishita, Yukihiro Imagawa, Masashi Mimura, Masanori Fukumoto, Takaki Sato, Takatoshi Kobayashi, Teruyo Kida and Tsunehiko Ikeda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:68
  12. Recent evidence has shown that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). However, little research has focused on the expression profile of lncRNAs du...

    Authors: Bingyu Zhang, Yang Chen, Meiyuan Qiu and Zhixiang Ding
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:69
  13. Accurate evaluation of diplopia during bedside physical examination is challenging. We developed a new computerized red glass test (CRT) to detect, localize, and quantify diplopia and investigated whether the ...

    Authors: Han Soo Yoo, Eunjeong Park, Soolienah Rhiu, Hyuk-Jae Chang, Kyoungsub Kim, Joonsang Yoo, Ji Hoe Heo and Hyo Suk Nam
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:71
  14. Today, patients often expect to achieve spectacle independance after cataract surgery. New trifocal intraocular lenses have been developed to try and fullfill this demand. The purpose of this study is to repor...

    Authors: Jorge L. García-Pérez, Juan Gros-Otero, Celia Sánchez-Ramos, Vanesa Blázquez and Inés Contreras
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:72
  15. Congenital cataract is the most frequent cause of blindness during infancy or early childhood. To date, more than 40 loci associated with congenital cataract have been identified, including at least 26 genes o...

    Authors: Chao Shen, Jingbing Wang, Xiaotang Wu, Fuchao Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaoying Guo, Lina Zhang, Yanfei Cao, Xiuhua Cao and Hongxing Ma
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:73
  16. The majority of rare diseases are complex diseases caused by a combination of multiple morbigenous factors. However, uncovering the complex etiology and pathogenesis of rare diseases is difficult due to limite...

    Authors: Erping Long, Shuangjuan Xu, Zhenzhen Liu, Xiaohang Wu, Xiayin Zhang, Jinghui Wang, Wangting Li, Runzhong Liu, Zicong Chen, Kexin Chen, Tongyong Yu, Dongxuan Wu, Xutu Zhao, Jingjing Chen, Zhuoling Lin, Qianzhong Cao…
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:74
  17. To examined the curative effect of vitreous injection with ranibizumab,laser coagulation and cryotherapy in treating stage 3 Coats’ disease with exudative retinal detachment.

    Authors: Songfeng Li, Guangda Deng, Jinghua Liu, Yan Ma and Hai Lu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:76
  18. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of isolated-check visual evoked potential (icVEP) with that of retinal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCILP) analysis using optical coh...

    Authors: XiangWu Chen and YingXi Zhao
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:77
  19. To evaluate changes in central macular thickness (CMT) and visual outcome in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treated initially with bevacizumab and subsequently switched to eit...

    Authors: Maria Waizel, Margarita G. Todorova, Michael Masyk, Katharina Wolf, Annekatrin Rickmann, Khaled Helaiwa, Björn R. Blanke and Peter Szurman
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:79
  20. Uveitis is an eye inflammatory disease, which is sometimes associated with underlying systemic disease. Interleukin-23 plays an important role in autoimmune disease. The aim of this meta-analysis was to evalua...

    Authors: Jae Hyun Jung, Gwan Gyu Song, Jae-Hoon Kim, Young Ho Seo and Sung Jae Choi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:81
  21. Intrascleral fixation of an intraocular lens (IOL) is used in eyes that lack capsular support. The aim of the study is to determine whether a larger optical diameter IOL will decrease the higher-order aberrati...

    Authors: Daisuke Kunita, Makoto Inoue, Yuji Itoh, Naoko Matsuki, Toshiyuki Nagamoto and Akito Hirakata
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:82
  22. This cross sectional investigation included 12,966 subjects with hypertension, a cohort of the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial (CSPPT), a randomized, multicenter clinical trial. This study aimed to explore ...

    Authors: Xuling Chen, Ying Meng, Jun Li, Hiacheng She, Liang Zhao, Jing Zhang, Yuan Peng, Kun Shang, Yadi Zhang, Xiaopeng Gu, Wenbin Yang, Yan Zhang, Jianping Li, Xianhui Qin, Binyan Wang, Xiping Xu…
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:83
  23. Hyperkeratinization is a major cause of obstructive meibomian gland dysfunction (oMGD) and results in degenerative gland dilation and atrophy without inflammation. Ointment containing 1,25-dihydroxy-22-oxavita...

    Authors: Reiko Arita, Motoko Kawashima, Masataka Ito and Kazuo Tsubota
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:84
  24. A growing proportion of veterans treated at the Veterans Health Administration (VA) have a history of post-traumatic-stress-disorder (PTSD), and there exists a higher rate of PTSD amongst veterans than the gen...

    Authors: Yuna Rapoport, Laura L. Wayman and Amy S. Chomsky
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:85
  25. Choroidal circulation hemodynamics in eyes with ocular blunt trauma has not been quantitatively examined yet. We quantitatively examined changes in choroidal blood flow velocity and thickness at the lesion sit...

    Authors: Yuri Ishikawa, Yuki Hashimoto, Wataru Saito, Ryo Ando and Susumu Ishida
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:86
  26. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravitreal conbercept (KH902) as the primary treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy.

    Authors: Yuting Peng, Xiongze Zhang, Lan Mi, Bing Liu, Chengguo Zuo, Miaoling Li and Feng Wen
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:87
  27. Myopia is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Although, multiple cross-sectional epidemiological studies have confirmed that there is a high prevalence of myopia in high school-aged students in China. Ho...

    Authors: Yan Li, Jia Liu and Pengcheng Qi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:88
  28. We modified and reconstructed a high image quality portable non-mydriatic fundus camera and compared it with the tabletop fundus camera to evaluate the efficacy of the new camera in detecting retinal diseases.

    Authors: Kai Jin, Haitong Lu, Zhaoan Su, Chuming Cheng, Juan Ye and Dahong Qian
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:89
  29. The correlation between the short- and long-term effects of intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) on macular edema after branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) remains unclear. We assessed the correlation between the s...

    Authors: Yoshiro Minami, Taiji Nagaoka, Akihiro Ishibazawa and Akitoshi Yoshida
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:90
  30. Uric acid is a final breakdown product of purine catabolism in humans. It’s a potent antioxidant and can also act as a pro-oxidant that induces oxidative stress on the vascular endothelial cells, thus mediatin...

    Authors: Munisamy-Naidu Vinuthinee-Naidu, Embong Zunaina, Anuar Azreen-Redzal and Naing Nyi-Nyi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:91
  31. Poor glycemic control in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) patients is strongly associated with an increased risk of diabetes-related microvascular complications later in life, but it is unclear whether short period of po...

    Authors: Ling-Jun Li, Ecosse Lamoureux, Tien Yin Wong and Ngee Lek
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:60
  32. Embozene® is a new neuroembolizing microsphere used to reduce intraoperative bleeding for head and neck tumours. We report a case of iatrogenic ophthalmic artery occlusion after Embozene® embolization of the e...

    Authors: Ng Wei Loon, Balwant Singh Gendeh, Rozman Zakaria, Jemaima Che Hamzah and Norshamsiah Md Din
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:92
  33. Conjunctival flaps are a widely used treatment for numerous corneal ulcers that are caused by microorganismal infections. However, whether it can be performed on immune-mediated corneal ulcers is controversial.

    Authors: Saiqun Li, Yuqing Deng, Caiyuan Du, Haixiang Huang, Jing Zhong, Ling Chen, Bowen Wang and Jin Yuan
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:93
  34. To investigate the anterior lens capsule and epithelium thickness (defined as anterior lens capsular complex: ALCC) in normal Chinese subjects using spectral-domian optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and ex...

    Authors: Jing Dong, Yading Jia, Yaqin Zhang, Haining Zhang, Zhijie Jia, Suhua Zhang, Qiang Wu, Qingmao Hu, Tianqiao Zhang and Xiaogang Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:94
  35. This study measured the effectiveness and cost of a capacity building intervention in 25 eye hospitals in South Asia, East Africa and Latin America over 4 years. The intervention involved eye care non-governme...

    Authors: Katherine Judson, Paul Courtright, Thulsiraj Ravilla, Rohit Khanna and Ken Bassett
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:96
  36. Anti-angiogenesis treatments are the most commonly used treatments for the vision loss caused by exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in which the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) dr...

    Authors: Ya-li Zhou, Chun-li Chen, Yi-xiao Wang, Yao Tong, Xiao-ling Fang, Lin Li and Zhao-yang Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:97

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