"Ophthalmology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D009885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.468
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Ophthalmology".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Ophthalmology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Ophthalmology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ophthalmology" by people in Profiles.
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A New Era of Ophthalmology Leadership? A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Ophthalmology Department Chairs in 2024. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan; 269:373-380.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence and Treatment Patterns for Neovascular Glaucoma in the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS? Registry. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2024 Nov-Dec; 7(6):615-623.
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Glaucoma Screening Guidelines Worldwide. J Glaucoma. 2024 Aug 01; 33(Suppl 1):S9-S12.
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Disparities in Glaucoma Surgery: A Review of Current Evidence and Future Directions for Improvement. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 09 01; 12(9):2.
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Ophthalmic Immune-Related Adverse Events after Anti-CTLA-4 or PD-1 Therapy Recorded in the American Academy of Ophthalmology Intelligent Research in Sight Registry. Ophthalmology. 2021 06; 128(6):910-919.
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Ophthalmology and "Rubber Bullets". Ophthalmology. 2020 10; 127(10):1287-1288.
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Re: Gedde et?al.: Ophthalmology resident surgical competence: a survey of program directors (Ophthalmology. 2020;127(8):1123-1125). Ophthalmology. 2020 10; 127(10):e91-e92.
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Twelve-Year Incidence and Baseline Risk Factors for Pseudoexfoliation: The Thessaloniki Eye Study (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis). Am J Ophthalmol. 2019 10; 206:192-214.
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Large-Scale Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 May 01; 177(5):642-649.
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The UCLA preschool vision program, 2012-2013. J AAPOS. 2016 Feb; 20(1):63-7.