Ocriplasmin use in a selected case with preserved visual acuity.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinal dystrophies display a considerably wide range of phenotypic variability, which can make diagnosis and clinical staging difficult. The aim of the study is to analyze the contribution of retro-mode imaging (RMI) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) to the characterization of retinal dystrophies. METHODS:...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Maurizio BP,Pierluigi I,Stelios K,Stefano V,Marialucia C,Ilaria Z,Francesco B

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dolosigranulum pigrum is a commensal inhabitant of the upper respiratory tract suspected to be responsible for ocular infections but no well-described case of D. pigrum corneal infection has been reported. Herein culture and PCR-sequencing-based investigations of corneal scraping specimens confirmed D. pigru...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Sampo M,Ghazouani O,Cadiou D,Trichet E,Hoffart L,Drancourt M

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The case describes a rare entity. Most cases of IOL dislocation are associated with surgical trauma or preexisting zonulopathy. This patient presents IOL dislocation following routine exam, suggesting the need of careful evaluation of zonular integrity on pseudopahkic patients. METHODS:Patient is a 65 year ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Castanos MV,Najac T,Dauhajre J,Buxton DF

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To understand which irregular corneal parameters determine the visual quality in keratoconus subjects. METHODS:The cross-sectional study examined the eyes of 44 subjects, graded from the first to third keratoconus stages by Amsler-Krumeich classification. We obtained measurements in two ways: (a) by project...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Liduma S,Luguzis A,Krumina G

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glaucoma is a progressive disease responsible for the second commonest cause of blindness in the UK. Identifying appropriate patients for hospital care remains an ongoing challenge for all UK hospital glaucoma services. The purpose of our study is to evaluate accuracy and outcome of community optometry refer...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： El-Assal K,Foulds J,Dobson S,Sanders R

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compared the postoperative outcomes of 27-gauge (G) and 25-G vitrectomy performed for the treatment of idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM). METHODS:The study design was single center, retrospective, interventional case series. Two hundred consecutive eyes that underwent primary vitrectomy for ER...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Naruse S,Shimada H,Mori R

更新日期：2017-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glial heterotopias are rare, benign, congenital, midline, non-teratomatous extracranial glial tissue. They may masquerade as encephalocoele or dermoid cyst and mostly present in nose. Herein, we present an unusual case of glial heterotopia of the orbit with unilateral blindness. CASE PRESENTATION:A 6 year-o...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Sitaula R,Shrestha GB,Paudel N,Shrestha S,Shah DN

更新日期：2011-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dry eye is a common problem that affects many people worldwide, reducing quality of life and impacting daily activities. A qualitative approach often used in medicine and other disciplines is used to evaluate how people with dry eye cope with this impact. METHODS:Six focus group sessions were conducted at t...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yeo S,Tong L

更新日期：2018-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescent KC is a special segment of the general KC population because an adolescents's eyes are still susceptible to blurred vision and optical defocus during the sensitive period of ocular and visual development. In the present study, we evaluated the ocular dimensions of 53 KC adolescents. METHODS:One h...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Jian W,Shen Y,Chen Y,Tian M,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ocular signs of Fabry disease can be seen in the first decade of life. METHODS:We examined the occurrence of ocular signs in 232 paediatric patients in the Fabry Outcome Survey (FOS) international registry and looked for relationships between the presence of eye findings and disease severity as measured by ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Kalkum G,Pitz S,Karabul N,Beck M,Pintos-Morell G,Parini R,Rohrbach M,Bizjajeva S,Ramaswami U

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery for trichiasis is one of the pillars of the World Health Organization's strategy for global elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. A high incidence of post-operative trichiasis or other poor surgical outcomes could jeopardize these efforts. In this review, we aimed to summarize the repor...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Mwangi G,Courtright P,Solomon AW

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The gold standard treatments in amblyopia are penalizing therapies, such as patching or blurring vision with atropine that are aimed at forcing the use of the amblyopic eye. However, in the last years, new therapies are being developed and validated, such as dichoptic visual training, aimed at stimulating th...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Žiak P,Holm A,Halička J,Mojžiš P,Piñero DP

更新日期：2017-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a case of Meige's syndrome induced by an atypical antipsychotic (blonanserin) that presented with refractory dry eye disease. CASE PRESENTATION:A 37-year-old woman with a 6-month history of foreign body sensation in the eyes and difficulty in opening her eyes was treated at a local clinic for dry ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Kim JE,Jung JW

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ocular coloboma is an excavation of ocular structures that occurs due to abnormal fusion of the embryonic optic fissure. Further, cleft lip/palate (CL/P), a congenital midline abnormality, is caused by a defect in the fusion of the frontonasal, maxillary, and mandibular prominences. No study has reported the...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yoo YJ,Han SB,Yang HK,Hwang JM

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanism by which vitrectomy improves macular edema in patients with branch retinal vein occlusion remains unclear, although intraocular levels of vascular endothelial growth factor have been suggested to influence the visual prognosis and macular edema. METHODS:A series of 54 consecutive patients (54 ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Noma H,Funatsu H,Mimura T,Eguchi S,Shimada K

更新日期：2010-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) is widely used as an intraoperative heavy tamponade to flatten the retina and is replaced with silicone oil (SO) at the end of the surgery. Due to the long tamponade period, the SO is known to remain attached to the retina at the time of removal, and is commonly termed "sticky o...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Fukumoto M,Nishida Y,Kida T,Sato T,Kobayashi T,Ikeda T

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the differences in refraction, accommodative factors, visual parameters, and subjective symptoms after using two types of virtual reality (VR) content with different depths of perception. METHODS:Twenty-three volunteers, who played VR games in two modes (immersive and non-immersive) for 30 mi...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yoon HJ,Kim J,Park SW,Heo H

更新日期：2020-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report the enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) characteristics and variations in a patient with subretinal fluid secondary to a carotid cavernous fistula. CASE PRESENTATION:A 59-year-old man presented with blurred vision in his right eye. Venous congestion of the epiescleral and...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Rey A,Castillo L,Dyrda A,Maseras X,Jürgens I

更新日期：2016-05-26 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 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:Idiopathic orbital pseudotumour is rare in children. We report a case of bilateral paediatric idiopathic orbital pseudotumour and review the characteristics of this case. CASE PRESENTATION:A 14-year-old female patient presented at our Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) with complaints...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Chen F,Tang J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluates patients with congenital aniridia and cataract who underwent phacoemulsification, capsular tension ring placement, and foldable intraocular lens implantation. METHODS:In this prospective case series, 10 patients (17 eyes) underwent cataract surgery via a 3.2 mm clear corneal incision. A...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Wang JD,Zhang JS,Xiong Y,Li J,Li XX,Liu X,Zhao J,Tsai FF,Vishal J,You QS,Huang Y,Wan XH

更新日期：2017-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no generally accepted medical or surgical treatment to stop the progressive course of retinitis pigmentosa. Previous studies have suggested lutein as a potential treatment with positive effects on macular pigment density. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of lutein supplementatio...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Bahrami H,Melia M,Dagnelie G

更新日期：2006-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silicone oil tamponade is more frequently reserved for cases of complex retinal detachment. We describe the effects of different variations in oil ratios with the relatively unknown technique of double oil tamponade. METHODS:Retrospective case note review of nine patients with complex rhegmatogenous retinal...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： MacGregor C,Jonas A,Hanifudin A,Lochhead J

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Outcome measurements currently used in chronic uveitis care fail to cover the full patient perspective. The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual model of the factors that adult patients with chronic uveitis consider to be important when evaluating the impact of their disease and treatment. METHODS:A qu...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Stolk-Vos AC,Kasigar H,Nijmeijer KJ,Missotten TO,Busschbach JJ,van de Klundert JJ,Kranenburg LW

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a kind of inherited retinal degenerative diseases characterized by the progressive loss of photoreceptors. RP has been a conundrum without satisfactory countermeasures in clinic until now. Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), a major enzyme involved in aldehyde detoxification, h...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yan W,Long P,Wei D,Yan W,Zheng X,Chen G,Wang J,Zhang Z,Chen T,Chen M

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 distance vision. This study was undertaken with objectives of determining prevalence of spectacle coverage...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Malhotra S,Kalaivani M,Rath R,Prasad M,Vashist P,Gupta N,Senjam SS,Gupta SK

更新日期：2019-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To report a case of multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) following simultaneous rabies vaccination. CASE PRESENTATION:Review of the clinical, laboratory, photographic, optical coherence tomographic (OCT), fundus autofluorescent, angiographic, electrophysiologic, and perimetric records of a patient...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Yang JS,Chen CL,Hu YZ,Zeng R

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare the long-term efficacy of ranibizumab versus bevacizumab for myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV). METHODS:This was a retrospective, multicenter, comparative, non-randomized study of 64 consecutive patients with myopic CNV treated with ranibizumab (22 patients) or bevacizumab (42 patients). ...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Cha DM,Kim TW,Heo JW,Woo SJ,Park KH,Yu HG,Chung H

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the efficacy, complications, and clinical characteristics, including the ocular toxicity, of intravitreal melphalan(IVM) treatment for vitreous seeding in Chinese retinoblastoma patients. METHODS:This was a retrospective, non-comparative analysis including 30 consecutive eyes of 23 patients with...

journal_title：BMC ophthalmology

authors： Xue K,Ren H,Meng F,Zhang R,Qian J

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00