Backgrounds/aims Any association of secondhand smoke (SHS) with refractive astigmatism (RA) and corneal astigmatism (CA) remains unknown. This study aims to investigate the associations of SHS ...

Background: A national eye survey was conducted in 1996 to determine the prevalence of blindness and low vision and their major causes among the Malaysian population of all ages. Methods: A stratified ...

Background Retinoblastoma is the most common intraocular tumour in children. This study aimed to assess the visual outcomes and risk factors leading to visual impairment in children with ...

Background/aims To assess the current number of ophthalmologists practicing worldwide in 2010 and to create a system for maintaining, collecting and improving the accuracy of data on ophthalmologists ...

Drusen are focal deposits of extracellular material located between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane and represent the major phenotypic characteristic of age-related macular ...

Background Uveitis, an inflammation of the uveal tract, can lead to severe ocular complications and vision loss if left untreated. Cyclosporine has gained recognition as an effective immunosuppressive ...

Purpose To evaluate clinical features and visual outcomes in macular pseudohole (MPH) and to investigate associations between visual acuity and optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters in ...

Background In the developed countries, uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. Little is known about the epidemiological and geographical distribution of uveal ...

Purpose To compare the efficacy of topical 1% voriconazole vs 5% natamycin for the treatment of fungal keratitis. Methods In a prospective, double-masked, randomised, controlled, registered clinical ...

Felix F Reichel, M Dominik Fischer, Katarina Stingl, Laura Kuehlewein, Immanuel Seitz, Tobias Peters, Melanie Ziegler, Barbara Wilhelm, Susanne Kohl, Nicole Weisschuh, Peter Martus, Mathias Seeliger, ...

Tears have antimicrobial, nourishing, mechanical, and optical properties. They contain components such as growth factors, fibronectin, and vitamins to support proliferation, migration, and ...

Background: Voriconazole has an important role to play in the prophylaxis and management of fungal endophthalmitis and keratitis. New-generation triazoles, including voriconazole, posaconazole and ...