Current status and advances in ophthalmology
- VernacularTitle:眼科发展现状及展望
- Author:
Maonian ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ophthalmology;
data collection;
biomedical research
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1982;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To obtain an overview on the current status of ophthalmology in recent 5 years for founding a baseline for the future researches of ophthalmology.Methods The ophthalmological literature of recent 5 years was retrieved and analyzed with informatics methods,the development of ophthalmology was summarized in the exploitation of new equipments,the application of new drugs and new technologies,and the advance in clinical examination,diagnosis and treatment.Results In recent 5 years,ophthalmology had made rapid development in basic,clinical and applied researches,and had achieved impressive results in the following areas:artificial crystal materials,design and implantation techniques,surgery for myopia and refractive diseases,development in glaucoma drugs,minimally invasive surgery for treatment of vitreoretinal diseases,therapy for the choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration and macular edema,experimental study in optic nerve injury and nerve regeneration,retinal stem cell transplantation,research in tissue engineering and artificial cornea,and so on.Conclusions The overall level of ophthalmological development is in the forefront among the advances in life sciences in China.More attention should be paid to the war injury of the eye,military medical protection,basic and clinical research in optic nerve injury and regeneration,and the researches on microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery in the field of ophthalmology,myopia and refractive surgery,fundus and optic nerve diseases should be emphasized.
