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  1. Fluorescein angiography is an important and frequently used diagnostic tool in ophthalmological practice. In this case report we describe a patient who experienced an anaphylactic reaction after the injection ...

    Authors: Annemieke Clementine Bouman, Damaris de Kruijf, Judith Maria Antonia Emmen, Thijs Clemens David Rettig, Maria Jolande Charlotte Kooijman-de Groot and Miriam Christina Faes
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:261
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  2. Foldable capsular vitreous body (FCVB) was designed to treat severe retinal detachment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the implantation of foldable capsular vitreous body in 1...

    Authors: Xiangyang Zhang, Xuemin Tian, Baike Zhang, Lisa Guo, Xiaodan Li and Yong Jia
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:260
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  4. In this retrospective study the relationship between intraocular pressure (IOP), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and pathologic hypersignal in optic nerve segments on 3D double inversion recovery (D...

    Authors: Thomas Sartoretti, Jörg Stürmer, Elisabeth Sartoretti, Arash Najafi, Árpád Schwenk, Michael Wyss, Christoph Binkert and Sabine Sartoretti-Schefer
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:258
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  6. Accurate measurement and reconstruction of orbital soft tissue is important to diagnosis and treatment of orbital diseases. This study applied an interactive graph cut method to orbital soft tissue precise seg...

    Authors: Qingyao Ning, Xiaoyao Yu, Qi Gao, Jiajun Xie, Chunlei Yao, Kun Zhou and Juan Ye
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:256
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  7. Floppy eyelid syndrome is a disorder in which the tarsal plate is easily distensible and is currently treated with conservative or surgical measures. Human tarsal plate contains type I collagen, which is cross...

    Authors: Sarah W. DeParis, Angela Y. Zhu, Shoumyo Majumdar, Jing Tian, Jennifer Elisseeff, Albert S. Jun and Nicholas R. Mahoney
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:255
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  9. XEN® gel stent (Allergan, Dublin/Republic of Ireland) is a relatively new microinvasive glaucoma device providing an ab-interno approach to the subconjunctival space for aqueous drainage and reduction of intra...

    Authors: Chandni Gupta and Divya Mathews
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:253
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  10. Uncorrected refractive errors contribute enormously to the burden of avoidable visual impairment worldwide. There is a huge disparity in different parts of the globe in context to spectacle coverage for distan...

    Authors: Sumit Malhotra, Mani Kalaivani, Ramashankar Rath, Manya Prasad, Praveen Vashist, Noopur Gupta, Suraj Singh Senjam and Sanjeev Kumar Gupta
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:252
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  11. To compare the changes in the anterior segment after femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (FS-LASIK) and small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) using a dual rotating Scheimpflug (DRS) analyzer (Galile...

    Authors: Bu Ki Kim, Su Joung Mun, Young Hoon Yang, Ji Sun Kim, Jun Hyung Moon and Young Taek Chung
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:251
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  13. Retinal pigment epithelium cells (RPEs) are critical for maintaining retinal homeostasis. Accumulation of age-related lipofuscin, N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E), makes RPEs vulnerable to blue light...

    Authors: Jingyang Feng, Yuhong Chen, Bing Lu, Xiangjun Sun, Hong Zhu and Xiaodong Sun
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:249
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  15. The study was proposed to determine whether nerve growth factor (NGF) combined with an internal limiting membrane (ILM) insertion was effective in the large idiopathic full-thickness macular hole (iFTMH) therapy.

    Authors: Luyi Zhang, Xiaoxia Li, Xiaoli Yang, Yu Shen and Miaoqin Wu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:247
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  16. Alström syndrome (AS) is a rare monogenic disorder characterized by progressive multi-organ pathology including retinal degeneration, hearing impairment and type 2 diabetes. Here we present clinical features i...

    Authors: Maria F. Shurygina, Maria A. Parker, Catie L. Schlechter, Rui Chen, Yumei Li, Richard G. Weleber, Paul Yang and Mark E. Pennesi
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:246
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  20. We aimed to investigate the effect of short-term orthokeratology lens or frame glasses wear on corneal thickness, corneal endothelial cells and vision correction in adolescents with low to moderate myopia.

    Authors: Shuyi Yuan, Shuxian Zhang, Yanglin Jiang and Lihua Li
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:242
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  22. RP (retinitis pigmentosa) is a group of hereditary retinal degenerative diseases. XLRP is a relatively severe subtype of RP. Thus, it is necessary to identify genes and mutations in patients who present with X...

    Authors: Zhimeng Zhang, Hehua Dai, Lei Wang, Tianchang Tao, Jing Xu, Xiaowei Sun, Liping Yang and Genlin Li
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:240
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  23. So far only single cases with short follow-up have been reported on the use of intravitreal anti-VEGF for traumatic choroidal neovascularizations (CNV). This paper reports a large case series of patients with ...

    Authors: T. Barth, F. Zeman, H. Helbig and M.-A. Gamulescu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:239
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  24. Repeated surgery excisions could induce obvious irregular astigmatism in patients with recurrent pterygium. Our study is aimed to illustrate the effect of adjunct excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PT...

    Authors: Di Chen, Xiaowei Liu, Qin Long, Zhonghai Wang and Ying Li
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:238
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  25. To evaluate 5-year outcomes of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) monotherapy and combination therapy of anti-VEGF agents and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) ...

    Authors: Jingyuan Yang, Mingzhen Yuan, Erqian Wang, Song Xia and Youxin Chen
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:237
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  27. Anterior high-resolution optical coherence tomography (HR-OCT) is a novel non-invasive in vivo imaging modality that can assist in the diagnosis and management of various ophthalmic pathologies. The implementa...

    Authors: Yi-Syun Shen, Joseph L. Hu and Chao-Chien Hu
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:235
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  28. To report a modified surgical technique for intrascleral intraocular lens (IOL) fixation with fewer anterior segment manipulations in eyes lacking sufficient capsular support.

    Authors: Yuan Yang, Teng-teng Yao, Ya-li Zhou, Yi-xiao Wang and Zhao-yang Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:234
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  29. Hypocalcemia is a derangement in serum calcium level due to a vast spectrum of disorders, but the most common cause is surgery, usually thyroid gland surgery. Symptoms of hypocalcemia can be due to increased n...

    Authors: Kumale Tolesa Daba, Dagmawit Kifle Weldemichael and Gersam Abera Mulugeta
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:233
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  31. Conventional flash fundus cameras capture color images that are oversaturated in the red channel and washed out in the green and blue channels, resulting in a retinal picture that often looks flat and reddish....

    Authors: Valentina Sarao, Daniele Veritti, Enrico Borrelli, Srini Vas R. Sadda, Enea Poletti and Paolo Lanzetta
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:231
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  32. To evaluate the efficacy of micro-incision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) using Lumera and Resight non-contact sutureless wide-angle viewing systems (WAVS) for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD), and t...

    Authors: Chun-Ting Lai, Wei-Hsun Kung, Chun-Ju Lin, Huan-Sheng Chen, Henry Bair, Jane-Ming Lin, Wen-Lu Chen, Peng-Tai Tien and Yi-Yu Tsai
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:230
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  35. Erythropoietin (EPO) is one of the systemic angiogenic factors, and its role in ocular angiogenesis and in diabetic retinopathy (DR) is not yet fully understood. The latest research data reveal a possible corr...

    Authors: Sofija Davidović, Nikola Babić, Sandra Jovanović, Sava Barišić, Desanka Grković and Aleksandar Miljković
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:227
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  36. Fungal Keratitis (FK) is an infective keratopathy with extremely high blindness rate. The damaging effect of this disease is not only the destruction of corneal tissue during fungal infection, but also the cor...

    Authors: Yue Zhou, Yuqing Chen, Suiyue Wang, Fangyuan Qin and Liya Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:226
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  37. Measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) is essential for glaucoma patients. Many factors such as central corneal thickness (CCT) can affect the accuracy of IOP measurement. The purpose of this study was to e...

    Authors: Min Chen, Lina Zhang, Jia Xu, Xinyi Chen, Yuxiang Gu, Yuping Ren and Kaijun Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:225
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  38. Corneal transplantations are surgeries performed for irreparable corneal diseases and damage. However, there is a gap between the number of potential recipients and the number of donor corneas available. The m...

    Authors: Seth Lartey, Ellen K. Antwi-Adjei, Solomon Agyapong, Abdul-Kabir Mohammed, Derrick N. O. Mensah and Edward S. Genego
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:224
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  40. To determine the accuracy of the T2 formula as applied to highly myopic eyes, to compare the T2 formula to the SRK/T and Holladay 1 formulas, and to describe possible ways to improve the estimation of corneal ...

    Authors: Carlos Alberto Idrobo-Robalino, Gisella Santaella and Ángela María Gutiérrez
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:222
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  42. Children with a brain tumor have a high risk of impaired vision. Up to now, visual acuity measurement, visual field testing and orthoptic testing are the most informative diagnostic investigations for the asse...

    Authors: M. A. Nuijts, M. H. Degeling, I. Stegeman, A. Y. N. Schouten-van Meeteren and S. M. Imhof
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:220
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  43. The signaling pathway of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is regulated by c-Src kinase in many cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of c-Src kinase on EMT of human lens epi...

    Authors: Xingyu Li, Fang Wang, Meixia Ren, Minjuan Du and Jian Zhou
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:219
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  44. Oculosporidiosis (ocular rhinosporidiosis) accounts for 15% of cases of rhinosporidiosis, which is a chronic granulomatous disease and is endemic in India and Sri Lanka. In Brazil, the climatic and hydrographi...

    Authors: Francílio Araújo Almeida, Antonio Augusto Lima Teixeira-Junior, Jaqueline Diniz Pinho, Elaine Fiod Costa and Gyl Eanes Barros Silva
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:218
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  45. To investigate the cytotoxicities of the topical ocular dual-action anti-allergic agents (alcaftadine 0.25%, bepotastine besilate 1.5%, and olopatadine HCL 0.1%) on human corneal epithelial cells (HCECs) and t...

    Authors: Sung Il Kim, Choul Yong Park, Gladys Fordjuor, Jong Heon Lee, Jong Soo Lee and Ji Eun Lee
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:217
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  46. Traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) is a form of optic nerve injury that occurs secondary to trauma and is etiologically associated with acute axonal loss with severe vision loss. Here, we reported longitudinal c...

    Authors: Won June Lee, Eun Hee Hong, Hae Min Park and Han Woong Lim
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:216
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  47. To evaluate choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in eyes with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis using binarization tool in enhanced depth images scanned by spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

    Authors: Shuang Li, Xuqiang Lang, Wei Wang, Yang Yang, Jingjing Wang, Hongyang Li, Yanling Wang and Kang Wang
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:215
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  48. The common presence of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*04 in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is well known. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between visual prognosis and HLA-DRB1...

    Authors: Norihiko Misawa, Mizuki Tagami, Takeya Kohno and Shigeru Honda
    Citation: BMC Ophthalmology 2019 19:214
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