[Progress in the development and application of disease-specific databases related to eye diseases]

A disease-specific database is a data integration and information management system that serves clinical research on the etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of a specific disease, and it has become a powerful tool to meet the evolving demands of contemporary ophthalmic clinical research. This review synthesizes recent domestic and international findings, offering a systematic summary and analysis of the construction of disease-specific databases, along with the classification, current applications, and developmental trends of ophthalmic disease-specific databases. Additionally, it highlights high-quality ophthalmic disease-specific databases from around the world, aiming to provide a reference for the advancement of such databases in ophthalmology.