Background To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment (VI) in East Asia in 2015 and to forecast the trend to 2020. Methods Through a systematic literature review and ...

Background/aims This work aims to clarify whether micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (MPCPC) is gentler in terms of postoperative inflammation and is better tolerated compared with ...

Purpose The current study evaluated the meibum and lid margin microbiome of eyelids with chalazion and compared it with contralateral uninvolved eyelids and healthy controls. Methods Chalazion ...

3 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Aims The goal of this study is to identify the pathological findings and expression of metabolic markers (GLUT-1, PDK-1 and PGC1α) in the ...

Hiroshi Kobayashi, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Amagasaki Hospital, 1-1-1 Higashi-daimotsu-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 660, Japan. AIM To determine the mechanical effects of pilocarpine on the ...

Dr M J Moseley, Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, The Western Eye Hospital, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5YE. AIMS/BACKGROUND To examine the relative contributions of non-specific (for example, spectacle ...

Correspondence to Mr Tiarnan D L Keenan, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WH, UK; tiarnan.keenan{at}doctors.org.uk Aims The aims of this study were to examine trends over ...

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 ...

Mr G E Rose, Orbital Clinic, Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK BACKGROUND The paranasal sinuses are intimately related to the orbit and consequently sinus disease or surgery may ...

Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL and Institute of Ophthalmology NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK To date, there has been a lack of evidence-based guidance on the frequency of visual field ...

The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Correspondence to Professor Peizeng Yang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Carbomers are widely used in products for the treatment of dry eye; however, the polymer gel thins on addition of probes (for example, fluorescein salt) confounding the comparison of ...