In the past decade, several large population based studies have provided new information on the prevalence of visual impairment and the major age related eye diseases in Asia. These include ...

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) injections on visual acuity (VA) and foveal retinal thickness in patients with macular oedema secondary to branch retinal vein ...

Background/aims National guidelines of many countries set screening intervals for diabetic retinopathy (DR) based on grading of the last screening retinal images. We explore the potential of deep ...

Background Artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging diagnostics has huge potential, but human judgement is still indispensable. We propose an AI-aided teaching method that leverages generative ...

Purpose To examine the effect of low-dose, oral isotretinoin in lowering the risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair. Methods Prospective ...

Background: Onchocerciasis is a microfilarial disease that causes ocular disease and blindness. Previous evidence of an association between onchocerciasis and glaucoma has been mixed. This study aims ...

Background This open-label extension study to the original VIPER trial investigated the long-term single surgery success after repair of an uncomplicated pseudophakic retinal detachment (PRD) by ...

Aims This study aims to assess clinical and genetic characteristics as well as the prevalence of inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) and their subphenotypes in the Finnish founder population. Methods ...

Two observations made 29 years apart are the cornerstones of this review on the contributions of Dr Gordon T. Plant to understanding pathology affecting the optic nerve. The first observation laid the ...

The occurrence of glaucoma was studied in a population comprising 1963 persons born during 1907 to 1921 and living in a small Swedish suburban and rural district. The records of 24 patients treated ...

AIM To assess the projected needs for cataract surgery by lens opacity, visual acuity, and patient concern. METHODS Data were collected as part of the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project, a population ...

Background: Cardiovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may share common risk factors. Physical activity improves the cardiovascular risk profile; however, there have been few ...