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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Anterior Chamber Angle Assessment Techniques: A Review.

Ivano Riva, Eleonora Micheletti, Francesco Oddone, Carlo Bruttini, Silvia Montescani, Giovanni De Angelis, Luigi Rovati, Robert N Weinreb, Luciano Quaranta

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ivano RivaIRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Eleonora MichelettiDepartment of Surgical and Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Francesco OddoneIRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, 00198 Rome, Italy.
Carlo BruttiniDepartment of Surgical and Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Silvia MontescaniDepartment of Surgical and Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Giovanni De AngelisDepartment of Surgical and Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Luigi RovatiDepartment of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy.
Robert N WeinrebHamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093-0946, USA.
Luciano QuarantaDepartment of Surgical and Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Section of Ophthalmology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

Funding

Velux Stiftung 1278, 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assessment of the anterior chamber angle (ACA) is an essential part of the ophthalmological examination. It is intrinsically related to the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and has a role in its prevention. Although slit-lamp gonioscopy is considered the gold-standard technique for ACA evaluation, its poor reproducibility and the long learning curve are well-known shortcomings. Several new imaging techniques for angle evaluation have been developed in the recent years. However, whether these instruments may replace or not gonioscopy in everyday clinical practice remains unclear. This review summarizes the last findings in ACA evaluation, focusing on new instruments and their application to the clinical practice. Special attention will be given to the comparison between these new techniques and traditional slit-lamp gonioscopy. Whereas ultrasound biomicroscopy and anterior segment optical coherence tomography provide quantitative measurements of the anterior segment's structures, new gonio-photographic systems allow for a qualitative assessment of angle findings, similarly to gonioscopy. Recently developed deep learning algorithms provide an automated classification of angle images, aiding physicians in taking faster and more efficient decisions. Despite new imaging techniques made analysis of the ACA more objective and practical, the ideal method for ACA evaluation has still to be determined.

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angle closure glaucomaanterior chamber anglediagnosisiridocorneal angletrabecular meshwork

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PMID33255754
PMCPMC7759936

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