Conjunctival flaps have previously proven to be effective in preserving the globe for individuals with severe ocular surface disease. Infectious keratitis, neurotrophic keratitis, nontraumatic corneal melts, descemetoceles, perforations, and corneal burns are all indications for this procedure. The flaps promote nutrition, metabolism, structure, and vascularity, as well as reduce pain, irritation, inflammation, and infection. Furthermore, patients avoid the emotional and psychological repercussions of enucleation or evisceration, while requiring fewer postoperative medications and office visits. Currently, fewer flaps are performed due to the emergence of additional therapeutic techniques, such as serum tears, bandage lenses, corneal grafting, Oxervate, amniotic membrane, and umbilical cord grafting. However, despite newer conservative medical methods, conjunctival flaps have been demonstrated to be useful and advantageous. Moreover, future technologies and approaches for globe preservation and sight restoration after prior conjunctival flaps are anticipated. Herein, we review the history, advantages, and disadvantages of various surgical techniques: Gundersen’s bipedicle flap, partial limbal advancement flap, selective pedunculated conjunctival flap with or without Tenon’s capsule, and Mekonnen’s modified inferior palpebral-bulbar conjunctival flap. The surgical pearls and recommendations offered by the innovators are also reviewed, including restrictions and potential complications. Procedures for visual rehabilitation in selective cases after conjunctival flap are reviewed as well.

 Conjunctival flaps have previously proven to be effective in preserving the globe for individuals with severe ocular surface disease. Infectious keratitis, neurotrophic keratitis, nontraumatic corneal melts, descemetoceles, perforations, and corneal burns are all indications for this procedure. The flaps promote nutrition, metabolism, structure, and vascularity, as well as reduce pain, irritation, inflammation, and infection. Furthermore, patients avoid the emotional and psychological repercussions of enucleation or evisceration, while requiring fewer postoperative medications and office visits. Currently, fewer flaps are performed due to the emergence of additional therapeutic techniques, such as serum tears, bandage lenses, corneal grafting, Oxervate, amniotic membrane, and umbilical cord grafting. However, despite newer conservative medical methods, conjunctival flaps have been demonstrated to be useful and advantageous. Moreover, future technologies and approaches for globe preservation and sight restoration after prior conjunctival flaps are anticipated. Herein, we review the history, advantages, and disadvantages of various surgical techniques: Gundersen’s bipedicle flap, partial limbal advancement flap, selective pedunculated conjunctival flap with or without Tenon’s capsule, and Mekonnen’s modified inferior palpebral-bulbar conjunctival flap. The surgical pearls and recommendations offered by the innovators are also reviewed, including restrictions and potential complications. Procedures for visual rehabilitation in selective cases after conjunctival flap are reviewed as well.

Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of external stimuli through the senses. Visual stimuli are electromagnetic waves that interact with the eye and elicit a sensation. Sensations, indeed, imply the detection, resolution, and recognition of objects and images, and their accuracy depends on the integrity of the visual system. In clinical practice, evaluating the integrity of the visual system relies greatly on the assessment of visual acuity, that is to say on the capacity to identify a signal. Visual acuity, indeed, is of utmost importance for diagnosing and monitoring ophthalmological diseases. Visual acuity is a function that detects the presence of a stimulation (a signal) and resolves its detail(s). This is the case of a symbol like “E”: the stimulus is detected, then it is resolved as three horizontal bars and a vertical bar. In fact, within the clinical setting visual acuity is usually measured with alphanumeric symbols and is a three-step process that involves not only detection and resolution, but, due to the semantic content of letters and numbers, their recognition. Along with subjective (psychophysical) procedures, objective methods that do not require the active participation of the observer have been proposed to estimate visual acuity in non-collaborating subjects, malingerers, or toddlers. This paper aims to explain the psychophysical rationale underlying the measurement of visual acuity and revise the most common procedures used for its assessment.

Perception is the ability to see, hear, or become aware of external stimuli through the senses. Visual stimuli are electromagnetic waves that interact with the eye and elicit a sensation. Sensations, indeed, imply the detection, resolution, and recognition of objects and images, and their accuracy depends on the integrity of the visual system. In clinical practice, evaluating the integrity of the visual system relies greatly on the assessment of visual acuity, that is to say on the capacity to identify a signal. Visual acuity, indeed, is of utmost importance for diagnosing and monitoring ophthalmological diseases. Visual acuity is a function that detects the presence of a stimulation (a signal) and resolves its detail(s). This is the case of a symbol like “E”: the stimulus is detected, then it is resolved as three horizontal bars and a vertical bar. In fact, within the clinical setting visual acuity is usually measured with alphanumeric symbols and is a three-step process that involves not only detection and resolution, but, due to the semantic content of letters and numbers, their recognition. Along with subjective (psychophysical) procedures, objective methods that do not require the active participation of the observer have been proposed to estimate visual acuity in non-collaborating subjects, malingerers, or toddlers. This paper aims to explain the psychophysical rationale underlying the measurement of visual acuity and revise the most common procedures used for its assessment.

Backgrounds: To assess changes in anterior segment biometry during accommodation using a swept source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Methods: One hundred-forty participants were consecutively recruited in the current study. Each participant underwent SS-OCT scanning at 0 and -3 diopter (D) accommodative stress after refractive compensation, and ocular parameters including anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior and posterior lens curvature, lens thickness (LT) and lens diameter were recorded. Anterior segment length (ASL) was defined as ACD plus LT. Lens central point (LCP) was defined as ACD plus half of the LT. The accommodative response was calculated as changes in total optical power during accommodation. Results: Compared to non-accommodative status, ACD (2.952±0.402 vs. 2.904±0.382 mm, P<0.001), anterior (10.771±1.801 vs. 10.086±1.571 mm, P<0.001) and posterior lens curvature (5.894±0.435 vs. 5.767±0.420 mm, P<0.001), lens diameter (9.829±0.338 vs. 9.695±0.358 mm, P<0.001) and LCP (4.925±0.274 vs. 4.900±0.259 mm, P=0.010) tended to decreased and LT thickened (9.829±0.338 vs. 9.695±0.358 mm, P<0.001), while ASL (6.903±0.279 vs. 6.898±0.268 mm, P=0.568) did not change significantly during accommodation. Younger age (β=0.029, 95% CI: 0.020 to 0.038, P<0.001) and larger anterior lens curvature (β=-0.071, 95% CI: -0.138 to -0.003, P=0.040) were associated with accommodation induced greater steeping amplitude of anterior lens curvature. The optical eye power at 0 and -3 D accommodative stress was 62.486±2.284 and 63.274±2.290 D, respectively (P<0.001). Age was an independent factor of accommodative response (β=-0.027, 95% CI: -0.038 to -0.016, P<0.001). Conclusions: During -3 D accommodative stress, the anterior and posterior lens curvature steepened, followed by thickened LT, fronted LCP and shallowed ACD. The accommodative response of -3 D stimulus is age-dependent.

木村病(Kimura disease，KD)是一种罕见的、病因不明的、可能由免疫介导的慢性进行性炎症性疾病。本文分析1例8岁的男性患者，因左眼无痛性上睑下垂、影像学提示双眼泪腺占位、血象提示嗜酸性粒细胞及免疫球蛋白E(immunoglobulinE，IgE)水平升高、病理提示大量嗜酸性粒细胞浸润，被最终诊断为累及双侧泪腺的KD。行左眼眶肿物切除术后，对患者随访6个月期间未见复发。

Kimura disease (KD) is a rare chronic progressive inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that may be immunemediated. Herein, we analyze an 8-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with painless ptosis in the left eye, double tear glands on imaging, elevated levels of eosinophils and immunoglobulin E (IgE) on blood, and massive eosinophil infiltration on pathology. The final diagnosis was Kimura disease involving bilateral lacrimal glands. After resection of the left orbital tumor, no recurrence was observed in the six months postoperation follow-up

患者，女，62岁，自觉右眼突出2年就诊，高血压3年。专科体格检查：右眼上睑退缩约1.5mm，左眼上睑下垂约2.5mm。提上睑肌肌力右眼13mm，左眼9mm。完善眼眶CT及头颅磁共振，未见异常。查阅文献，初步诊断为假性正负眼睑综合征。假性正负眼睑综合征符合赫林定律。通过左眼抬高试验发现右眼上睑退缩明显好转，安排左眼手术。术中发现左眼提上睑肌腱膜撕脱约7mm，故行左眼提上睑肌前徙复位术，术后双眼上睑均回归正常位置且两边对称。假性正负眼睑综合征最常见的病因是重症肌无力，其他原因还包括甲状腺相关眼病、先天性上睑下垂、动眼神经麻痹、老年性上睑下垂及上睑成形术并发症等。临床工作中需抓住疾病的蛛丝马迹，真正做到诊疗如棋、破局而立，使患者得到精准的治疗。

A 62-year-old female patient presented with right eye protrusion for 2 years and hypertension for 3 years. Physical examination showed that the upper eyelid retraction of the right eye was about 1.5 mm, and the ptosis of left eye was about 2.5 mm. The levator upper eyelid muscle strength was 13 mm in the right eye and 9 mm in the left eye. Orbital CT and cranial MRI were completed, and no abnormalities were found. A preliminary diagnosis of pseudo plus-minus lid syndrome was made by literature review. Pseudo plus-minus lid syndrome conforms to the Herring’s law. The upper eyelid retraction of the right eye was significantly improved by the left eye elevation test. During the left eye surgery, it was found that the left levator aponeurotic was avulsed about 7 mm. so the left levator aponeurosis was repositioned. After the operation, the upper eyelids of both eyes returned to the normal position and both sides were symmetrical. The most common cause of pseudo Plus—Minus Lid Syndrome is myasthenia gravis. Other causes include thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, congenital ptosis, oculomotor nerve palsy, senile ptosis, and complications of blepharoplasty. In clinical work, we need to grasp the clues of the disease, truly achieve the diagnosis and treatment like chess, break the game and stand, so that patients can get accurate treatment.

目的：研究“中山眼鼻相关疾病·内镜论坛”的培训效果及其影响因素。方法：采用调取平台数据和调查问卷的方法，研究2020年6月至2022年5月16期“中山眼鼻相关疾病·内镜论坛”的参与人员情况和培训效果反馈，并分析专业、职称、地域等因素对培训效果的影响。结果：学员合计7889人，27634人次，以副主任医师30.2%(2382人)和主治医师32.9%(2597人)为主。参与学员人数从第1期的269人，逐渐增加到第16期的2537人。学员参与人数最多和收获最大的主题均为应用解剖和影像学、甲状腺相关眼病、泪道疾病。通过调查问卷发现：75.4%(95/126)的学员认为所学内容对今后的临床工作具有非常大的作用；84.1%(106/126)的学员应用所学的知识改进了日常临床工作；96.0%(121/126)的学员愿意参加中山眼科中心举办的线下实操的眼鼻相关解剖学习班。对于所学知识在今后临床工作的作用，副主任医师和主治医师认为“非常有用”的比例明显高于主任医师。在是否将所学知识应用于日常临床工作方面，副主任医师和主治医师认为“是”的比例明显高于主任医师和住院医师。参与6~16次论坛的学员，培训效果明显优于参与1~5次的学员。结论：眼鼻相关疾病·内镜微创领域在眼科和鼻科领域关注度日益提升。“中山眼鼻相关疾病·内镜论坛”有助于学员理论知识的扩展和提升，对眼鼻相关疾病医生的日常临床工作具有很好的作用，主治医师和副主任医师职称的学员培训效果更好，参与论坛次数多的学员培训效果更好。

Objective: To assess the training effects of “Zhongshan Eye and Nose Related Diseases and Endoscopy Forums” and its influencing factors, propose targeted suggestions for training focus and teaching methods, and improve the teaching quality. Methods: Statistics of live broadcast platform data and custom-designed questionnaires were used to inquire the participants enrolled in the 16 sessions of “Zhongshan Eye and Nose Related Diseases and Endoscopy Forums” from June 2020 to May 2022 for their feedbacks on training effects. The influence of their professions, titles, regions and other factors on the training effects was analyzed. Results: A total of 7 899 participants were enrolled in “Zhongshan Eye and Nose Related Diseases and Endoscopy Forums”, and the total live broadcast person-time was 27 634. Associate senior doctors (30.2%, 2 382) and attending doctors (32.9%, 2 597) accounted for the largest proportion. The number of participants gradually increased from 269 in the first session to 2 537 in the 16th. The topics with the largest number of participants and the greatest gains were applied anatomy and imaging, thyroid associated ophthalmopathy, and lacrimal duct diseases. Through the questionnaire study, 75.4% (95/126) of the participants thought that what they had learned in the forums was very important for their future clinical work; 84.1% (106/126) of the participants applied the knowledge to improve their daily clinical work; 96.0% (121/126) of the participants were willing to participate in the offline practice of eye and nose anatomy classes held by Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center. In terms of the role of the learned knowledge in the future clinical work, the proportion of associate senior doctors and attending doctors who thought "very useful" was significantly higher than that of senior doctors. In terms of whether to apply the knowledge learned to daily clinical work, the proportion of associate senior doctors and attending doctors thinking “yes” was significantly higher than that of senior doctors and residents. Participants who participated in 6–16 sessions had significantly better training results than those who participated in 1–5 sessions. Conclusion: Eye and nose related diseases are attracting increasing attention in ophthalmology and rhinology. “Zhongshan Eye and Nose Related Diseases and Endoscopy Forums” are conducive to the expansion and improvement of participants’ theoretical knowledge, and plays a good role in the daily clinical work of doctors with eye and nose related diseases. The training effect of attending doctors and associate senior doctors is better, and the training effect of participants who participate in the forum more times is better.

目的：分析新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间实时面对面线上教学(以“腾讯会议”教学为例)在医学教育中的利弊及其与医学生眼表疾病的相关性，为改进线上教育方案、预防干眼提供依据。方法：以中南大学湘雅医学院本科学生为研究对象，采用横断面研究的方法，使用问卷星收集数据，研究实时面对面线上教学的效果及对眼表疾病的影响。结果：共收集到131份有效数据，绝大多数学生(84.73%)认为实时面对面线上教学是有效的，96.18%的学生认为实时面对面线上教学达到或部分达到了学习的目的，但是实时面对面线上教学的师生互动与课堂氛围有待加强，另外网络设备问题也是实时面对面线上教学需要面对的问题。同时，调查显示实时面对面线上教学参与学生的干眼患病率达66.41%，家庭所在地、家庭人均月收入、使用设备、是否全程专注听课与干眼患病率之间无相关性。结论：新型冠状病毒疫情期间实时面对面线上教学在医学教育中是有效的，但是师生互动不足、课堂氛围不够活跃、网络连接不稳定是其主要问题。此外，实时面对面线上教学会增加干眼的发病率，需要提高护眼意识，积极预防。

Objective: To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of real-time face-to-face online teaching (taking “Tencent Conference” teaching as an example) in medical education and its correlation with ocular surface diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide basis for improving online education programs and preventing dry eye. Methods: The undergraduate students of Xiangya School of Medicine of Central South University were selected as the research objects. The method of cross-sectional study was used to collect data using questionnaires to study the effect of real-time face-to-face online teaching and its impact on ocular surface diseases. Results: A total of 131 valid data were collected. Among them, the vast majority of students (84.73%) think real time face to face online teaching is effective, and 96.18% of the students believe that real-time face-to-face online teaching at least partly achieved the purpose of learning. However, the interaction between teachers and students and the classroom atmosphere of real-time face-to-face online teaching needs to be strengthened. In addition, network equipment is also a problem that real-time face-to-face online teaching needs to face. Meanwhile, the survey showed that the prevalence rate of dry eye among the students who participated in real-time face-to-face online teaching reached 66.41%, and there was no correlation between the incidence rate of dry eye and the location of family, the per capita monthly income of family, the equipment, and whether they paid full attention to the lectures. Conclusion: Real-time face-to-face online teaching is effective in medical education during COVID-19, but the main problems are insufficient teacher-student interaction, inactive classroom atmosphere and unstable Internet connection. In addition, real-time face-to face online teaching will increase the incidence of dry eye, so it is necessary to improve the awareness of eye protection and actively prevent it.

眼眶骨折是外伤性疾病常见的眼眶并发症，部分需要行眼眶骨折修复手术治疗。不同材料的植入物，是影响手术效果和预后的重要因素之一。植入物的选择国内外至今尚未有统一的标准。目前临床上使用的植入材料多为异质材料，有不可吸收材料和可吸收材料两类。不可吸收材料使用最多的是钛网和高密度多聚乙烯(Medpor)。可吸收材料主要是各类高分子聚合物。这两类材料在临 床的使用过程中都表现出了不同的优缺点，通过查阅近5年的相关报道，对比这两类材料的优缺点，可以为临床医生的选择提供一些参考。

Orbital fracture is a common orbital complication of traumatic diseases, and some of them need to be treated by orbital fracture repair surgery. Implants of different materials are one of the important factors affecting the surgical outcome and prognosis. There is no uniform standard for the selection of implants at home and abroad. At present, most of the implant materials used in clinical practice are heterogeneous materials, including non-absorbable materials and absorbable materials. The most commonly used non-absorbable materials are titanium mesh and high-density polyethylene (Medpor). Absorbable materials are mainly all kinds of macromolecular polymers. These two types of materials have shown different advantages and disadvantages in clinical. By reviewing the relevant reports recent 5 years, and comparing the advantages and disadvantages of these two types of materials, we can provide some references for clinicians to choose from.

Abstract: Red eye is common in our daily practice. It ranges from non-inflammatory to inflammatory causes. An extended course of disease should prompt suspicion and the possibility of diagnosis revision. A prolonged conjunctivitis mimicking nodular episcleritis can be presented as a manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). A 57-year-old woman complained of eye redness and tearing for two weeks which partially resolved with antibiotics. She was subsequently commenced on topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and topical anti-allergic. However, in the following reviews she developed cornea thinning and her systemic examination revealed an injected uvula with absence of upper respiratory tract infection. She was investigated for connective tissue disease and found to have raised anti-inflammatory markers and her antinuclear antibody and C-ANCA tests were positive. She was diagnosed with GPA. Her conditions improved followed by the commencement of topical corticosteroid with high dose of systemic corticosteroid, which followed by a tapering regime with oral corticosteroid. Although red eye is common, it is associated with a variety of diseases. GPA manifestation can be as subtle as a red eye. Any prolonged partially treated red eye should prompt suspicion of a more sinister cause. Sensitive detection of other subtle systemic signs is very important.

Abstract: Red eye is common in our daily practice. It ranges from non-inflammatory to inflammatory causes. An extended course of disease should prompt suspicion and the possibility of diagnosis revision. A prolonged conjunctivitis mimicking nodular episcleritis can be presented as a manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). A 57-year-old woman complained of eye redness and tearing for two weeks which partially resolved with antibiotics. She was subsequently commenced on topical and oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and topical anti-allergic. However, in the following reviews she developed cornea thinning and her systemic examination revealed an injected uvula with absence of upper respiratory tract infection. She was investigated for connective tissue disease and found to have raised anti-inflammatory markers and her antinuclear antibody and C-ANCA tests were positive. She was diagnosed with GPA. Her conditions improved followed by the commencement of topical corticosteroid with high dose of systemic corticosteroid, which followed by a tapering regime with oral corticosteroid. Although red eye is common, it is associated with a variety of diseases. GPA manifestation can be as subtle as a red eye. Any prolonged partially treated red eye should prompt suspicion of a more sinister cause. Sensitive detection of other subtle systemic signs is very important.

Objective: In this review, non-transgenic models of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are discussed, with focuses on murine retinal degeneration induced by sodium iodate and lipid peroxide (HpODE) as preclinical study platforms.

Background: AMD is the most common cause of vision loss in a world with an increasingly aging population. The major phenotypes of early and intermediate AMD are increased drusen and autofluorescence, Müller glia activation, infiltrated subretinal microglia and inward moving retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. Intermediate AMD may progress to advanced AMD, characterized by geography atrophy and/or choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Various transgenic and non-transgenic animal models related to retinal degeneration have been generated to investigate AMD pathogenesis and pathobiology, and have been widely used as potential therapeutic evaluation platforms.

Methods: Two retinal degeneration murine models induced by sodium iodate and HpODE are described. Distinct pathological features and procedures of these two models are compared. In addition, practical protocol and material preparation and assessment methods are elaborated.

Conclusions: Retina degeneration induced by sodium iodate and HpODE in mouse eye resembles many clinical aspects of human AMD and complimentary to the existent other animal models. However, standardization of procedure and assessment protocols is needed for preclinical studies. Further studies of HpODE on different routes, doses and species will be valuable for the future extensive use. Despite many merits of murine studies, differences between murine and human should be always considered.

Objective: In this review, non-transgenic models of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are discussed, with focuses on murine retinal degeneration induced by sodium iodate and lipid peroxide (HpODE) as preclinical study platforms.

Background: AMD is the most common cause of vision loss in a world with an increasingly aging population. The major phenotypes of early and intermediate AMD are increased drusen and autofluorescence, Müller glia activation, infiltrated subretinal microglia and inward moving retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells. Intermediate AMD may progress to advanced AMD, characterized by geography atrophy and/or choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Various transgenic and non-transgenic animal models related to retinal degeneration have been generated to investigate AMD pathogenesis and pathobiology, and have been widely used as potential therapeutic evaluation platforms.

Methods: Two retinal degeneration murine models induced by sodium iodate and HpODE are described. Distinct pathological features and procedures of these two models are compared. In addition, practical protocol and material preparation and assessment methods are elaborated.

Conclusions: Retina degeneration induced by sodium iodate and HpODE in mouse eye resembles many clinical aspects of human AMD and complimentary to the existent other animal models. However, standardization of procedure and assessment protocols is needed for preclinical studies. Further studies of HpODE on different routes, doses and species will be valuable for the future extensive use. Despite many merits of murine studies, differences between murine and human should be always considered.