Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35366140›Full record

ArticleInternational ophthalmology2022

Anterior segment structures in dark iris Chinese patients with unilateral Fuchs' uveitis syndrome.

Yajing Cai, Wenjie Wu, Yingbin Wang, Suzhen Xiao, Yue Huang

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yajing CaiProvincial Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7138-1600
Wenjie WuProvincial Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China. wenjie_wu@foxmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7019-7935
Yingbin WangProvincial Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
Suzhen XiaoProvincial Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
Yue HuangProvincial Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
Fujian Medical University · CN

Funding

the Medical Innovation Program of Fujian Provincial Health Commission 2020CXA005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare binocular anterior segment structures in Chinese patients with dark iris and unilateral Fuchs' uveitis syndrome (FUS).

methodsThis was a cross-sectional study including 34 phakic eyes (17 patients) with unilateral FUS. Anterior segment parameters were measured by rotating Scheimpflug imaging camera, noncontact specular microscopy, and anterior segment optical coherence tomography.

resultsCorneal volume was higher in FUS eyes compared to unaffected eyes (p < 0.05). The iridocorneal angles were larger in FUS eyes compared to contralateral eyes (p < 0.05). Mean endothelial cell density (ECD) was lower, and the coefficient of variation in endothelial cell size and average cell area of endothelial cells (ACA) were higher, in FUS eyes (p < 0.05). Mean densitometry values of the midstromal cornea (zones with a diameter of 0-2, 2-6, or 10-12 mm), posterior (0-2, 2-6, 10-12, or 0-12 mm), or total thickness (0-2 or 2-6 mm) were higher in FUS eyes compared with unaffected eyes (p < 0.05). ECD, percentage of hexagonal cells, and ACA were strongly related to densitometry values of the midstromal and posterior cornea in the FUS eyes (p < 0.05). Smoothness index of iris was lager in affected eyes (p < 0.05).

conclusionIn Chinese patients with unilateral FUS, loss of endothelial cells, wider iridocorneal angle, thicker cornea, higher corneal densitometry of midstromal and posterior layer, and smoother iris were observed in affected eyes compared to contralateral eyes. These data can help to elucidate anterior segment characteristics of unilateral FUS in this population.

Indexed as

IridocyclitisUveitisChinaCross-Sectional StudiesEndothelial CellsHumansIrisTomography, Optical CoherenceAnterior segment structureChinese patientsDark irisFuchsUveitis syndrome

Identifiers

PMID35366140
PMCPMC9420092
OpenAlexW4226191159

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.