"Cataract" 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.
Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D002386
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.510.245
|
| Concept/Terms |
Cataract, Membranous- Cataract, Membranous
- Cataracts, Membranous
- Membranous Cataract
- Membranous Cataracts
- Pseudoaphakia
- Pseudoaphakias
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cataract".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cataract".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cataract" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cataract" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1992 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cataract" by people in Profiles.
-
Ding J. Clear vision in postmenopausal women: role of hormone therapy and diabetes. Menopause. 2020 03; 27(3):253-254.
-
Zeng M, Wang R, Cheng B, Yang C, Chen Y, Liu X. Effectiveness of intraoperative intraocular lens use on improving surgical safety for dense cataract phacoemulsification: a randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2020 01 31; 10(1):1600.
-
Tseng VL, Chlebowski RT, Yu F, Cauley JA, Li W, Thomas F, Virnig BA, Coleman AL. Association of Cataract Surgery With Mortality in Older Women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 01 01; 136(1):3-10.
-
De Franco E, Flanagan SE, Yagi T, Abreu D, Mahadevan J, Johnson MB, Jones G, Acosta F, Mulaudzi M, Lek N, Oh V, Petz O, Caswell R, Ellard S, Urano F, Hattersley AT. Dominant ER Stress-Inducing WFS1 Mutations Underlie a Genetic Syndrome of Neonatal/Infancy-Onset Diabetes, Congenital Sensorineural Deafness, and Congenital Cataracts. Diabetes. 2017 07; 66(7):2044-2053.
-
Hadayer A, Özkök A, Kaplan HJ, Schaal S. Osseous Metaplasia (Cataracta Ossea) of Lens Remnants in Chronic Uveitis-A Clinicopathologic Report. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2018; 26(1):133-135.
-
Kang JH, Wu J, Cho E, Ogata S, Jacques P, Taylor A, Chiu CJ, Wiggs JL, Seddon JM, Hankinson SE, Schaumberg DA, Pasquale LR. Contribution of the Nurses' Health Study to the Epidemiology of Cataract, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and Glaucoma. Am J Public Health. 2016 Sep; 106(9):1684-9.
-
Fassbender Adeniran JM, Jusufbegovic D, Schaal S. Common and Rare Ocular Side-effects of the Dexamethasone Implant. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2017 Dec; 25(6):834-840.
-
Kovai V, Prasadarao BV, Paudel P, Stapleton F, Wilson D. Reasons for refusing cataract surgery in illiterate individuals in a tribal area of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2014 Jun; 21(3):144-52.
-
Tseng VL, Greenberg PB, Wu WC, Jiang L, Li E, Kang JM, Scott IU, Friedmann PD. Cataract surgery complications in nonagenarians. Ophthalmology. 2011 Jul; 118(7):1229-35.
-
Chodick G, Kleinerman RA, Stovall M, Abramson DH, Seddon JM, Smith SA, Tucker MA. Risk of cataract extraction among adult retinoblastoma survivors. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Nov; 127(11):1500-4.