Aims To evaluate the 1-year efficacy of two new myopia control spectacle lenses with lenslets of different asphericity. Methods One hundred seventy schoolchildren aged 8–13 years with myopia of −0.75 ...

Systematic review of published population based surveys to examine the relationship between primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) prevalence and demographic factors. A literature search identified ...

AIMS The vertical cup/disc ratio (CDR) has long been used in the assessment of the glaucoma suspect, though the wide range of CDR values in the normal population limits its use. Cup size is related ...

Background/aims To determine the incidence of any diabetic retinopathy (any-DR), sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (STDR) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and their risk factors in type 1 ...

Purpose To report the clinical features, treatment outcomes and blindness associated with steroid-induced glaucoma in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Materials and methods Records of patients with ...

Ocular burns constitute true ocular emergencies and both thermal and chemical burns represent potentially blinding ocular injuries. Thermal burns result from accidents associated with firework ...

Background Infectious keratitis (IK) predominantly affects patients from rural agrarian regions with limited access to medical care, leading to delayed presentation associated with poorer visual ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is still referred to as the leading cause of severe and irreversible visual loss world-wide. The disease has a profound effect on quality of life of affected ...

Aim: To investigate the relation between the clinical and electrophysiological abnormalities of patients undergoing visual evoked potential investigation for albinism. Methods: 40 subjects with a ...

Editor,—We read Tanner et al 's paper on the predictive value of vitreous pigment (Schaffer's sign) for retinal breaks in posterior vitreous detachment1 with great interest. Based on their figures, ...

AIMS To substantiate the claim that low vision aids reduce the degree of disability associated with visual impairment. METHODS An observational study of vision, ocular pathology, age, sex, and reading ...