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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Correspondence to: Dr Catherine Stewart Department of Visual Neuroscience, Imperial College London, Charing Cross Campus, Margravine Road, London W6 8RP, UK; c.stewartimperial.ac.uk Aim: To describe ...

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 ...

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 ...

BACKGROUND Sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid is rare. The diagnosis might be difficult because of its ability to masquerade as other periocular lesions. Prognosis is still regarded as being poor ...

Department of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Correspondence to: Se Woong Kang, MD, Department of ...