Purpose To obtain national-level data on current burden of blindness and visual impairment (VI) due to corneal opacities (CO) and their epidemiological determinants in India. Methods A cross-sectional ...

Background Orbital cavernous venous malformations (OCVMs) are the most common primary orbital mass lesion and presenting symptoms are usually secondary to a mass effect. Surgical excision presents ...

1 National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore Background/aims To identify the risk factors for neuropathic corneal pain (NCP) following corneal refractive surgery and ...

Aim: To compare 2% econazole and 5% natamycin in the management of fungal keratitis. Methods: A randomised clinical trial was performed using 2% econazole or 5% natamycin as the two treatment arms on ...

Why are disease activity grading classifications helpful? And is allergic eye disease an example of a disorder for which this is the case? Chandrasekar and colleagues propose a grading system for the ...

Aim To analyse the clinical and demographic profiles of patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) and propose a grading for VKC based on corneal status and symptom periodicity rather than ...

Purpose To evaluate the longitudinal rate of choriocapillaris flow deficits (CFD) in healthy participants and patients with diabetes mellitus. Methods This prospective cohort study included healthy ...

AIMS To evaluate the short term cardiovascular, respiratory, and intraocular pressure (IOP) effects of four glaucoma medications in newly diagnosed glaucoma patients. METHODS 141 newly diagnosed ...

1 Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Shanghai Eye Hospital, Shanghai Vision Health Center & Shanghai Children Myopia Institute, Shanghai, People's Republic of China 2 National ...

Correspondence to Dr Jelle Vehof, Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UK; j.vehof{at}umcg.nl ...

Aims To determine if ‘Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact’ (DISC) lens wear slows childhood myopia progression. Methods A 2-year double-blind randomised controlled trial was carried out in 221 children ...

1 Discipline of Biochemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 2 Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 3 Centre for Eye ...