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Co-existing diseases (1)
Combined surgery versus staged surgery for eyes with cataract and glaucoma (protocol stage)
Conjunctival diseases (7)
Conjunctivitis, allergic (4)
Treatment (4)
Mast cell stabilisers for seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis (protocol stage)
Topical antihistamines for treating seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis (protocol stage)
Sublingual immunotherapy for treating allergic conjunctivitis
Topical steroids versus placebo for giant papillary conjunctivitis (protocol stage)
Conjunctivitis, bacterial (2)
Ophthalmia neonatorum (1)
Prevention (1)
Interventions for preventing ophthalmia neonatorum (protocol stage)
Treatment (0)
Prevention (0)
Treatment (1)
Antibiotics (1)
Antibiotics versus placebo for acute bacterial conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis, viral (0)
Keratoconjunctivitis (1)
Treatment (1)
Topical treatments for vernal keratoconjunctivitis (protocol stage)
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (0)
Pterygium (0)
Xerophthalmia (0)
Corneal diseases (17)
Corneal dystrophy (1)
Treatment (1)
Management of recurrent erosion syndrome (1)
Interventions for recurrent corneal erosions
Corneal graft rejection (1)
Immunosuppressants for the prophylaxis of corneal graft rejection after penetrating keratoplasty (protocol stage)
Corneal melt (0)
Corneal opacity (1)
Treatment (1)
Surgical treatment (1)
Artificial corneas versus donor corneas for repeat corneal transplants (protocol stage)
Fuchs endothelial dystrophy (1)
Endothelial keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty for Fuchs endothelial dystrophy
Keratitis (0)
Keratitis, acanthamoeba (0)
Keratitis, bacterial (1)
Topical corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for bacterial keratitis
Keratitis, dendritic (2)
Prevention (1)
Oral antivirals for preventing recurrent herpes simplex keratitis in people with corneal grafts (protocol stage)
Treatment (1)
Antiviral treatment and other therapeutic interventions for herpes simplex virus epithelial keratitis
Keratitis, fungal (1)
Treatment (1)
Medical interventions for fungal keratitis
Keratitis, other (0)
Keratitis, scleral (0)
Keratitis, suppurative (0)
Keratitis, ulcerative (1)
Interventions for Mooren's ulcer
Keratoconjunctivitis, infectious (0)
Keratoconjunctivitis, non-infectious (1)
Topical cyclosporine for atopic keratoconjunctivitis
Keratoconus (1)
Treatment (1)
Penetrating / lamellar keratoplasty (1)
Penetrating keratoplasty versus deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for treating keratoconus (protocol stage)
Trachoma (6)
Prevention (2)
Strategies for prevention and control (2)
Face washing promotion for preventing active trachoma
Antibiotics for trachoma
Treatment (4)
Antibiotics (1)
Antibiotics for trachoma
Environmental strategies (1)
Environmental sanitary interventions for preventing active trachoma
Face washing (1)
Face washing promotion for preventing active trachoma
Surgical management (see entropion) (1)
Interventions for trachoma trichiasis
Eye haemorrhage (1)
Vitreous haemorrhage (1)
Prevention (1)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for prevention of postoperative vitreous cavity haemorrhage after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Treatment (0)
Eye injuries (5)
Prevention (1)
Educational interventions for the prevention of eye injuries
Trauma (4)
Corneal abrasion (2)
Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for analgesia in traumatic corneal abrasions (protocol stage)
Patching for corneal abrasion
Hyphaema (1)
Medical interventions for traumatic hyphema
Ocular burns (1)
Amniotic membrane transplantation for acute ocular burns
Eye neoplasms [See also Cochrane Cancer Network] (1)
Orbital tumours (1)
Mohs micrographic surgery versus surgical excision for periocular basal cell carcinoma
Retinoblastoma (0)
Eyelid diseases (3)
Blepharitis (1)
Treatment (1)
Interventions for chronic blepharitis
Blepharospasm [See also Cochrane Movement Disorders Group] (0)
Chalazion (chronic hordeolum or eyelid cyst) (0)
Ectropion (0)
Entropion (1)
Treatment (1)
Surgical correction of involutional entropion (1)
Interventions for involutional lower lid entropion
Hordeolum (1)
Treatment (1)
Management of acute internal/external hordeolum (1)
Interventions for acute internal hordeolum
Lagophthalmos (0)
Ptosis (0)
Glaucoma (26)
Diagnostic test accuracy (1)
Optic nerve head and fibre layer imaging for diagnosing glaucoma (protocol stage)
Glaucoma, angle closure (6)
Prevention (1)
Iridectomy or iridotomy for preventing angle-closure glaucoma (protocol stage)
Treatment (5)
Alternative or complementary therapy (1)
Acupuncture for glaucoma
Iridotomy, iridoplasty or lensectomy (2)
Laser peripheral iridoplasty for angle-closure
Lens extraction for chronic angle-closure glaucoma
Management of acute episode (0)
Medical interventions (2)
Early lens extraction compared to standard treatment in acute primary angle closure (protocol stage)
Non-penetrating filtration surgery versus trabeculectomy for open angle glaucoma (protocol stage)
Glaucoma, normal tension (0)
Glaucoma, open angle (15)
Treatment (15)
Alternative or complementary therapy (1)
Acupuncture for glaucoma
Laser treatment (2)
Peripheral iridotomy for pigmentary glaucoma (protocol stage)
Laser trabeculoplasty for open angle glaucoma
Surgical treatment (8)
Antimetabolites and other wound healing modifiers (4)
Beta radiation for glaucoma surgery
Intraoperative Mitomycin C for glaucoma surgery
Mitomycin C versus 5-Fluorouracil for wound healing in glaucoma surgery (protocol stage)
Postoperative 5-Fluorouracil for glaucoma surgery
Combined procedures (1)
One site versus two site phacotrabeculectomy for primary open angle glaucoma (protocol stage)
Management of surgical complications including flat anterior chamber, malignant glaucoma, hypotony, persistent choroidal detachment, bleb failure (3)
Interventions for late trabeculectomy bleb leak
Needling for encapsulated trabeculectomy filtering blebs
Aqueous shunts for glaucoma
Prevention and treatment of late endophthalmitis from bleb infection (0)
Topical therapy (4)
Interventions for improving adherence to ocular hypotensive therapy
Neuroprotection for treatment of glaucoma in adults
Medical versus surgical interventions for open angle glaucoma
Medical interventions for primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension
Glaucoma, paediatric (0)
Glaucoma, secondary (1)
Treatment (1)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for neovascular glaucoma (protocol stage)
Medication instillation techniques (0)
Surgical techniques/procedures (2)
Device modified trabeculectomy for glaucoma (protocol stage)
Limbal versus fornix-based conjunctival trabeculectomy flaps for glaucoma (protocol stage)
Wound healing (1)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for control of wound healing in glaucoma surgery (protocol stage)
Iris diseases (0)
Lacrimal apparatus diseases (6)
Dry eye syndrome (4)
Treatment (4)
Artificial tears (1)
Over the counter (OTC) artificial tear drops for dry eye syndrome (protocol stage)
Eye drops (1)
Autologous serum eye drops for dry eye syndrome (protocol stage)
Immunosuppressants (1)
Topical cyclosporine A therapy for dry eye syndrome (protocol stage)
Punctal occlusion (1)
Punctal occlusion for dry eye syndrome
Eversion of lacrimal punctum (0)
Lacrimal drainage obstruction / epiphora (2)
Treatment (2)
Endonasal versus external dacryocystorhinostomy for nasolacrimal duct obstruction
Laser versus non-laser endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy (protocol stage)
Lacrimal duct infection / acute dacryocystitis (0)
Lens diseases (15)
Cataract, age-related (9)
Prevention (1)
Antioxidant trace element and vitamin supplementation (1)
Antioxidant vitamin supplementation for preventing and slowing the progression of age-related cataract
Aspirin and other NSAID (0)
Cataract prevention remedies (0)
Hats, sunglasses and other UV protection (0)
Prevention of late aphakic glaucoma, retinal detachment, amblyopia and nystagmus (0)
Treatment (8)
Age-related macular degeneration (1)
Surgery for cataracts in people with age-related macular degeneration
Day case versus inpatient surgery (1)
Day care versus in-patient surgery for age-related cataract
Eye camps (0)
Options for surgical management in different settings (1)
Surgical interventions for age-related cataract
Prevention of cystoid macular oedema (0)
Prevention of late aphakic glaucoma, retinal detachment, amblyopia and nystagmus (0)
Second eye surgery (0)
Topical agents (0)
Types of extraction (1)
Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens versus extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with posterior chamber intraocular lens for age-related cataract (protocol stage)
Types of implant (2)
Multifocal versus monofocal intraocular lenses after cataract extraction
Accommodative intraocular lens versus standard monofocal intraocular lens implantation in cataract surgery (protocol stage)
Types of incision (2)
Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) with posterior chamber intraocular lens versus extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with posterior chamber intraocular lens for age-related cataract
Phacoemulsification with posterior chamber intraocular lens versus manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) with posterior chamber intraocular lens for age-related cataract (protocol stage)
Types of suture (0)
Types of viscoelastic (0)
Cataract, congenital (1)
Treatment (1)
Surgical interventions for bilateral congenital cataract
Cataract, drops (1)
N-acetylcarnosine (NAC) drops for age-related cataract (protocol stage)
Cataract, post-vitrectomy (1)
Surgery for post-vitrectomy cataract
Cataract, preoperative tests (1)
Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery
Cataract, secondary (0)
Cataract, uveitic (1)
Comparison of intraocular lens types for cataract surgery in eyes with uveitis (protocol stage)
Posterior capsule opacification (after cataract) (1)
Prevention (1)
Interventions for preventing posterior capsule opacification
Treatment (0)
Ocular motility disorders (14)
Amblyopia (5)
Screening (1)
Vision screening for amblyopia in childhood
Treatment (4)
Correction and occlusion (4)
Interventions for unilateral and bilateral refractive amblyopia
Interventions for strabismic amblyopia
Conventional occlusion versus pharmacologic penalization for amblyopia
Interventions for stimulus deprivation amblyopia
Macular stimulation (0)
Brown's sheath syndrome (0)
Esotropia (2)
Treatment (2)
Botulinum toxin (1)
Interventions for infantile esotropia
Cycloplegia or bifocals (0)
Spectacles (0)
Surgical treatment (1)
Interventions for infantile esotropia
Exotropia (1)
Treatment (1)
Interventions for intermittent exotropia
Fourth (trochlear) nerve palsy (0)
Nystagmus (1)
Treatment (1)
Surgical interventions (1)
Surgical interventions for nystagmus developing in the first year of life (protocol stage)
Surgical manipulation of null point (0)
Ophthalmoplegia, chronic progressive external (0)
Ophthalmoplegia, total (external) (0)
Sixth (abducent) nerve palsy (0)
Specific learning disorders (1)
Ocular interventions, excluding correction of significant refractive error, for specific reading disorder (protocol stage)
Strabismus (4)
Prevention (1)
Spectacle correction versus no spectacles for prevention of strabismus in hyperopic children (protocol stage)
Treatment (3)
Botulinum toxin (1)
Botulinum toxin for the treatment of strabismus
Prisms (0)
Surgical correction (2)
Strabismus surgery before versus after completion of amblyopia therapy in children (protocol stage)
Adjustable versus non-adjustable sutures for strabismus
Third (oculomotor) nerve palsy (0)
Optic nerve diseases (5)
Intracranial hypertension (1)
Interventions for idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Optic neuritis (1)
Treatment (1)
Corticosteroids (1)
Corticosteroids for treating optic neuritis
Optic neuropathy (3)
Ischaemic (1)
Nonarteritic (1)
Treatment (1)
Surgery for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Traumatic (2)
Steroids for traumatic optic neuropathy
Surgery for traumatic optic neuropathy
Orbital diseases (3)
Exophthalmos (3)
(Dys)thyroid eye disease / Grave's disease (3)
Treatment (3)
Monoclonal antibodies (1)
Rituximab for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (protocol stage)
Radiotherapy (1)
Orbital radiotherapy for adult thyroid eye disease
Surgical treatment (1)
Surgical orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease
Systemic steroids (0)
Prevention (0)
Treatment (0)
Refractive errors (6)
Hyperopia (1)
Treatment (1)
Photorefractive keratectomy (1)
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) versus laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for hyperopia correction
Myopia (5)
Treatment (5)
Contact lenses (2)
Interventions to slow progression of myopia in children
Silicone hydrogel contact lenses versus hydrogel daily wear contact lenses for the correction of simple refractive error (protocol stage)
Laser photocoagulation (1)
Laser photocoagulation for choroidal neovascularisation in pathologic myopia
Radial keratotomy, photorefractive keratectomy and other corneal remodelling procedures (2)
Laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) versus photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) for myopia
Excimer laser refractive surgery versus phakic intraocular lenses for the correction of moderate to high myopia
Scleral slings using donor dura or other material (0)
Presbyopia (0)
Rehabilitation (7)
General (3)
Optical correction of refractive error for preventing and treating eye symptoms in computer users (protocol stage)
Environmental and behavioural interventions for reducing physical activity limitation in community dwelling visually impaired older people (protocol stage)
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation and monodisciplinary rehabilitation for visually impaired adults (protocol stage)
Specific (4)
Canes (1)
Orientation and mobility training for adults with low vision
Electronic travel aids / mobility devices (1)
Orientation and mobility training for adults with low vision
Guide dogs (1)
Orientation and mobility training for adults with low vision
Low vision aids (1)
Reading aids for adults with low vision
Psychological adjustment (0)
Spatial orientation (0)
Retinal degeneration (25)
Macular degeneration (Age-related macular degeneration) (20)
Geographic (3)
Prevention (1)
Vitamins, mineral and plant extracts (1)
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing age-related macular degeneration
Treatment (2)
Vitamins, mineral and plant extracts (2)
Ginkgo biloba extract for age-related macular degeneration
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration
Neovascular (17)
Prevention (3)
Laser treatment (1)
Laser treatment of drusen to prevent progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration
Statins (0)
Vitamins, minerals and plant extracts (2)
Omega 3 fatty acids for preventing or slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing age-related macular degeneration
Treatment (14)
Alpha-interferon (1)
Antiangiogenic therapy with interferon alfa for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Antiangiogenic therapy (2)
Surgical implantation of steroids with antiangiogenic characteristics for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Antiangiogenic therapy with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor modalities for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Complement inhibitors (1)
Complement inhibitors for age-related macular degeneration (protocol stage)
Focal laser (1)
Laser photocoagulation for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Lasering drusen (0)
Overview (1)
Interventions for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (protocol stage)
Photodynamic therapy (1)
Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Radiotherapy (1)
Radiotherapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Statins (1)
Statins for age-related macular degeneration
Surgical removal of new vessels (1)
Submacular surgery for choroidal neovascularisation secondary to age-related macular degeneration
Surgical repositioning of the macular (1)
Macular translocation for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
Vitamins, mineral and plant extracts (3)
Ginkgo biloba extract for age-related macular degeneration
Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration
Omega 3 fatty acids for preventing or slowing the progression of age-related macular degeneration
Macular degeneration (macular hole) (3)
Treatment (3)
Surgical treatment (3)
Face-down positioning or posturing after macular hole surgery
Vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling versus vitrectomy with no peeling for idiopathic full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) (protocol stage)
Vitrectomy for idiopathic macular hole (protocol stage)
Retinal detachment (1)
Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (1)
Prevention (1)
Interventions for asymptomatic retinal breaks and lattice degeneration for preventing retinal detachment
Treatment (0)
Serous detachment (0)
Retinopathy of prematurity [See Cochrane Neonatal Group] (0)
Vitreoretinopathy, proliferative (1)
Prevention (1)
Intravitreal low molecular weight heparin and 5-Fluorouracil for the prevention of proliferative vitreoretinopathy following retinal reattachment surgery
Treatment (0)
Retinal diseases (20)
Central serous chorioretinopathy (1)
Treatment (1)
Interventions for central serous chorioretinopathy (protocol stage)
Cystoid macular oedema (3)
Prevention (1)
Prophylactic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for the prevention of cystoid macular oedema after cataract surgery (protocol stage)
Treatment (2)
Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for diabetic cystoid macular oedema (protocol stage)
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for treating cystoid macular oedema following cataract surgery
Detachment of retinal pigment epithelium (0)
Diabetic macular oedema (4)
Antiangiogenic therapy with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor modalities for diabetic macular oedema
Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents for diabetic cystoid macular oedema (protocol stage)
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) for detection of macular oedema in patients with diabetic retinopathy
Intravitreal steroids for macular edema in diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy (4)
Management (2)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (1)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for proliferative diabetic retinopathy (protocol stage)
Blood pressure control (1)
Blood pressure control for diabetic retinopathy (protocol stage)
Calcium dobesilate (0)
Pre-proliferative and proliferative retinopathy (2)
Treatment (2)
Herbal medicine for diabetic retinopathy (protocol stage)
Laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy (protocol stage)
Prevention [See Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group] (0)
Screening [See Cochrane Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders Group] (0)
Macular oedema (2)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion
Intravitreal steroids versus observation for macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion
Proliferative sickle-cell retinopathy (0)
Retinal break with detachment (2)
Pars plana vitrectomy versus scleral buckle for repairing simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (protocol stage)
Pneumatic retinopexy versus scleral buckle for repairing simple rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (protocol stage)
Retinal breaks without detachment (2)
Prevention (1)
Interventions for prevention of giant retinal tear in the fellow eye
Treatment (1)
Interventions for asymptomatic retinal breaks and lattice degeneration for preventing retinal detachment
Retinal detachment associated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (1)
Tamponade in surgery for retinal detachment associated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy
Retinitis pigmentosa (1)
Vitamin A and fish oils for retinitis pigmentosa (protocol stage)
Retinoschisis and cysts (0)
Solar retinopathy (0)
Retinal vascular occlusion (4)
Central retinal artery occlusion (1)
Treatment (1)
Interventions for acute non-arteritic central retinal artery occlusion
Retinal vein occlusion (3)
Treatment (3)
Anti-VEGF (1)
Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion
Aspirin (0)
Haemodilution (1)
Haemodilution for retinal vein occlusion (protocol stage)
Laser photocoagulation (1)
Macular grid laser photocoagulation for branch retinal vein occlusion (protocol stage)
Steroids (0)
Scleral diseases (0)
Uveal and choroid diseases (6)
Onchocerciasis (1)
Treatment (1)
Ivermectin (1)
Ivermectin for onchocercal eye disease (river blindness)
Other infectious chorioretinitis (0)
Panuveitis (1)
Treatment (1)
Corticosteroid implants for chronic non-infectious uveitis (protocol stage)
Par planitis (0)
Toxocariasis (0)
Toxoplasmosis (2)
Treatment (2)
Corticosteroids for ocular toxoplasmosis
Antibiotics versus control for toxoplasma retinochoroiditis
Uveitis syndromes (0)
Uveitis, anterior (0)
Uveitis, intermediate (1)
Treatment (1)
Corticosteroid implants for chronic non-infectious uveitis (protocol stage)
Uveitis, posterior (1)
Treatment (1)
Systemic steroids (1)
Corticosteroid implants for chronic non-infectious uveitis (protocol stage)
Various (10)
Anophthalmia (1)
Integrated and non-integrated orbital implants for treating anophthalmic sockets (protocol stage)
Conjunctivitis artefacta (0)
Convergence insufficiency (1)
Non-surgical interventions for convergence insufficiency
Endophthalmitis (2)
Prevention (1)
Perioperative antibiotics for prevention of acute endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. (protocol stage)
Treatment (1)
Antibiotics for treating postoperative endophthalmitis after cataract surgery (protocol stage)
Giant cell arteritis (1)
Aspirin as adjunctive treatment for giant cell arteritis (protocol stage)
Ocular pain (0)
Panophthalmitis (0)
Phthysis bulbi (0)
Postoperative haze (1)
Mitomycin C for prevention of postoperative haze following excimer laser surface ablation in moderate to high myopia (protocol stage)
Postoperative inflammation (0)
Screening (4)
Vision screening for amblyopia in childhood
Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents
Screening for prevention of optic nerve damage due to chronic open angle glaucoma
Community screening for visual impairment in the elderly
Vitreous abcess (0)
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