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However, it remains unclear whether smartphone use is a direct cause of AACE, a trigger in susceptible individuals, or a surrogate marker for broader modern lifestyle changes that may contribute to its pathogenesis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Focused narrative review.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This article presents a focused narrative review of the literature on AACE in relation to intensive smartphone or other handheld digital-display use, with an emphasis on clinical evidence, exposure characteristics, potential sources of bias, and biologically plausible mechanisms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most of the available evidence comes from retrospective studies and uncontrolled visual hygiene trials, both of which are often limited by selection bias and inaccurate self-reporting of screen time. In addition, publication bias is a major concern; cases mentioning smartphone use may be more likely to be published than otherwise similar cases without reported smartphone exposure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prolonged near-viewing on handheld digital displays is a biologically plausible contributing factor to AACE in some patients, particularly through sustained high vergence demand at short viewing distances. Nevertheless, current data are insufficient to establish a population-level causal relationship. 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