Background/Aims Clear guidelines for managing patients on antiplatelet (AP) or anticoagulant (AC) therapy undergoing ...

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 ...

This is an overview of systematic reviews to evaluate the visual outcomes of different presbyopia correcting intraocular lens (IOL), spectacle independence (SI), adverse visual effects and ...

All ophthalmologists will encounter patients presenting with an inherited retinal disease (IRD). Our clinical approach to IRDs has evolved over the last decade due to (1) improved and more accessible ...

Purpose To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression among individuals diagnosed with glaucoma, using standardised psychometric instruments, to define factors associated with these psychological ...

Background To assess the prevalence and causes of vision impairment in North Africa and the Middle East (NAME) from 1990 to 2015 and to forecast projections for 2020. Methods Based on a systematic ...

Aims To investigate the relationship between retinal structure symmetry and metamorphopsia in idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM) patients. Methods 181 consecutive ERM patients were divided into four ...

Introduction Glaucoma is a lifelong condition often requiring surgical intervention. To allow us to inform patients’ expectations of surgery effectively, it is important to understand patients’ ...

Background/aims To assess adherence to spectacle wear among children attending public and private schools in urban and rural locations in Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West ...

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 ...

Background/aims To estimate 2015 global ophthalmologist data and analyse their relationship to income groups, prevalence rates of blindness and visual impairment and gross domestic product (GDP) per ...

Normal foveal development begins in utero at midgestation with centrifugal displacement of inner retinal layers (IRLs) from the location of the incipient fovea. The outer retinal changes such as ...