Results at seven years after the use of intracamerular cefazolin as an endophthalmitis prophylaxis in cataract surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare scleral buckling (SB) and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) using a wide angle viewing system (WAVS) for uncomplicated phakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS:The medical records of patients with uncomplicated phakic RRD were retrospectively reviewed. Eyes with pseudophakic or attached ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Park SW,Kwon HJ,Kim HY,Byon IS,Lee JE,Oum BS

更新日期：2015-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the long-term outcomes of Argon laser photocoagulation compared to surgical direct cyclopexy in small-size cyclodialysis cleft patients. METHODS:This is a retrospective study. Small-size cyclodialysis cleft patients who underwent Argon laser photocoagulation and surgical direct cyclopexy were re...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Han JC,Kwun YK,Cho SH,Kee C

更新日期：2015-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To describe the spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings of a patient who developed pigmentary retinopathy following high-dose deferoxamine administration. CASE PRESENTATION:A 34-year-old man with thalassemia major complained of nyctalopia and decreased vision following high-dose intra...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wu CH,Yang CP,Lai CC,Wu WC,Chen YH

更新日期：2014-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic congenital disorder, characterized by unilateral facial nevus flammeus associated with ipsilateral glaucoma, choroidal angioma and leptomeningeal hemangiomas. SWS can comorbid with other disorders in some patients, however, there has been no prior described case of S...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wang H,Dong N,Tan L,Huang C

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the corneal high-order aberrations (HOAs), asphericity and regularity after Q-value guided laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) in high myopic astigmatism. METHODS:In this retrospectively comparative study, we measured the corneal HOAs, asphericity indi...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Huang H,Yang J,Bao H,Chen S,Xia B,Zou J

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-rd) is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and tissue fibrosis. Orbital manifestations of IgG4-rd may include unilateral or bilateral proptosis, cicatricial extraocular muscle myopathy, orbital inflammation and pain which may mimic ophthalmic Graves' diseas...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Erdei A,Steiber Z,Molnar C,Berenyi E,Nagy EV

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central corneal thickness (CCT) measurement has become an important test in the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. Currently, ultrasound corneal thickness measurement (pachymetry) is the most frequently used clinical technique and the gold standard to assess CCT. Newer instruments are currently available ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Ayala M,Strandås R

更新日期：2015-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the reliability of the measurements obtained with the PalmScan, when compared with another standardized A-mode ultrasound device, and assess the consistency and correlation between the two methods. METHODS:Transversal, descriptive, and comparative study. We recorded the axial length (AL), anterior...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Velez-Montoya R,Shusterman EM,López-Miranda MJ,Mayorquin-Ruiz M,Salcedo-Villanueva G,Quiroz-Mercado H,Morales-Cantón V

更新日期：2010-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the clinical features of acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) and to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a single injection of botulinum toxin type A (BTXA) on binocular visual function (BVF). METHODS:This retrospective, observational case series study enrolled patients with AACE examined ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Tong L,Yu X,Tang X,Zhang Y,Zheng S,Sun Z

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, various types of toric intraocular lenses (IOL) have been manufactured and can be divided into three types according to the location of correction component; front-toric IOL (correction on anterior IOL surface), back-toric IOL (correction on posterior IOL surface), and bi-toric IOL (correction on ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Moon J,Yoon CH,Kim MK

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of central corneal thickness (CCT) among glaucoma patients, particularly for pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG) and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) are scarce in the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) population. The aim of this study is to evaluate CCT in black patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma and ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Tolesa K,Gessesse GW

更新日期：2016-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the differences between the predicted and achieved lenticule thickness (ΔLT) after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery and investigate relationships between ΔLT and predicted lenticule thickness in SMILE. METHODS:A total of 184 eyes from 184 consecutive patients who underwent SMI...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wu F,Yin H,Chen X,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves' disease is a common autoimmune inflammatory condition of the thyroid. About one in four of affected patients also develop orbital symptoms like exophthalmos, proptosis and diplopia - called Graves' Ophthalmopathy. Not all patients respond well to the standard therapy of systemic glucocorticoid admini...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Rau A,Klopfer M,Rommel N,Rau-Fornefeld M,Kolk A

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refractive errors, strabismus, nystagmus, amblyopia, and cortical visual impairment are observed in 50 to 90 % of patients with cerebral palsy. Ocular abnormalities are known to differ according to cerebral palsy type, and spastic type has been reported to be more likely to be associated with ocular defects ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Park MJ,Yoo YJ,Chung CY,Hwang JM

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the precision and agreement of measurements of higher order aberrations (HOAs) obtained with a ray tracing aberrometer (iTrace) and a Hartmann-Shack aberrometer (Topcon KR-1 W). METHODS:Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic test. Data from the right eyes of 92 normal subjects obtained using the...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Xu Z,Hua Y,Qiu W,Li G,Wu Q

更新日期：2018-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgeons may be unaware of the ability of plant toxins to cause corneal damage. Therefore, corneal damage following intraocular surgery due to plant toxins may be misdiagnosed as postoperative infection. CASE PRESENTATION:A 74-year-old man presented with hyperemia and reduced visual acuity in both eyes 6 we...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Matsuura K,Hatta S,Terasaka Y,Inoue Y

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide and an increasingly significant global health problem. Glaucoma prevention and management efforts have been challenging due to inherent difficulty in developing a simple and cost-effective screening plan, limited access to health care and educational resources...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Thapa SS,Kelley KH,Rens GV,Paudyal I,Chang L

更新日期：2008-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is the third reported case of a steatocystoma simplex in the lacrimal caruncle. CASE PRESENTATION:A 60-year-old male presented with a history of a slowly progressing mass in the right lacrimal caruncle since several years before his initial visit. At the first examination, a yellowish, relatively smoot...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Ishida Y,Takahashi Y,Takahashi E,Kitaguchi Y,Kakizaki H

更新日期：2016-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case report describes a patient with chronic unilateral chemosis, likely due to treatment with amlodipine besylate. CASE PRESENTATION:A 52-year-old man visited the clinic with symptoms of foreign body sensation and puffiness in his right eye, which had persisted for 4 months. There were no other sympto...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Kim KH,Kim WS

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A cyclodialysis cleft often leads to direct communication between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space. It is a rare condition that is encountered with blunt trauma, and less commonly, after surgery. Hypotony is the major sequelae that may lead to hypotonous maculopathy, optic disc edema, cornea...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Bair H,Lin CJ,Lai CT,Hsia NY,Tsai YY

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the changes of choroidal vascular structures in patients after phacoemulsification surgery. METHODS:A self-control study was conducted on 36 eyes of 36 patients who had uneventful phacoemulsification. Choroidal images were acquired preoperatively, 7 days (D7), 1 month (M1), and 3 months (M3) aft...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Chen H,Wu Z,Chen Y,He M,Wang J

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Suture exposure remains to be a potential problem of transscleral fixated posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL). We report a modified technique to minimize the risk of suture exposure for the transscleral fixation of PCIOL. METHODS:The modified surgical technique is as following: at first, two 3 mm × 4...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Long C,Wei Y,Yuan Z,Zhang Z,Lin X,Liu B

更新日期：2015-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ocular presentation of Castleman's disease (CD)-associated paraneoplastic pemphigus (PNP) has rarely been reported. In this report, we describe a young patient with CD-associated PNP who had recurrent corneal ulceration in addition to cicatrizing conjunctivitis. CASE PRESENTATION:We describe a case of 2...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Gong H,Zhou S,Hu Y,Lan Y,Zeng H,Wang L,Liu Q,Wang M

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immune responses play a key role in the pathogenesis and progression of polypoidal choroidal vasculopath (PCV) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In this study, we determined the Th cell-associated immune responses by measuring the cytokine expression of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yu Y,Ren XR,Wen F,Chen H,Su SB

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To present a case report of a patient with a mixed choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) with an asymmetric response to ranibizumab diagnosed on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTa). CASE PRESENTATION:A 61-year-old male was referred to our department in September 2017 due to decreased vision in hi...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Pencak M,Veith M

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of an intraocular cilium is very rare and the response of the eye to the cilium is variable. We present the case of a patient with a cilium found in the vitreous cavity during vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment 40 years following penetrating eye injury. To our knowledge, this is th...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Dettoraki M,Andreanos K,Davou S,Nomikarios N,Moschos MM,Brouzas D

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have suggested that the integrity of the cone interdigitation zone (IZ) could be considered to be a marker of photoreceptor damage and its recovery. However, little is known about the IZ in healthy eyes. Our present study was to measure the cone IZ area by optical coherence tomography (OCT),...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Gu R,Deng G,Jiang Y,Jiang C,Xu G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the normative value of the retinal macular thickness is undocumented in the Middle East, the aim of this work is to assess the normative values of the macular thickness in healthy eyes in a Middle Eastern population and its relationship with age, sex, and laterality. METHODS:One hundred sixteen indivi...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： AlSaad MM,Shatarat AT,AlRyalat SAS

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior chamber depth (ACD) is becoming a hot topic and plays an important role in correcting the refractive errors (REs) after cataract surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the ACD changes and their relationship with the REs after phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patie...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Ning X,Yang Y,Yan H,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare corneal hysteresis (CH) measurements between patients with glaucoma, ocular hypertension (OHT) and glaucoma-like optic discs (GLD)- defined as a cup to disc ratio greater than or equal to 0.6 with normal intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual fields. The secondary aim was to investigate whether cor...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Murphy ML,Pokrovskaya O,Galligan M,O'Brien C

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00