Jun 24, 2021

To understand the relationship between visual impairment, self-reported eye disease, and the onset of balance problems.Population-based prospective cohort study METHODS: : Baseline and 3-year follow-u...

Jun 24, 2021

Periodontitis and diabetes are known to have a bidirectional relationship. Diabetic macular edema is a complication of diabetes that is strongly influenced by inflammatory pathways. However, it remain...

Jun 24, 2021

Our aim was to determine whether quantitative retinal traits in people with type 2 diabetes are independently associated with incident major cardiovascular events including CHD and stroke.A total of 1...

Jun 24, 2021

Toxoplasmosis is the commonest cause of infectious posterior uveitis in humans and can lead to blindness and low vision in both immune-competent and immunecompromised persons worldwide. The aim of thi...

Jun 24, 2021

We aimed to investigate the association between hormonal contraceptive (HC) use and the incidence of glaucoma in females of reproductive age with a focus on duration and type of HCs used.A retrospecti...

Jun 24, 2021

As the ocular disorders causing long-term blindness or optical abnormalities of the ocular tissue affect the quality of life of patients to a large extent, awareness of their corresponding pathogenesi...

Jun 24, 2021

Pneumatic retinopexy (PR) is the only clinic-based method of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair. Registry-acquired clinical practice setting outcomes data with this procedure have not yet ...

Jun 17, 2021

To report the outcomes and complications of colored soft contact lenses (SCLs) to improve esthetic or eye function in visually impaired (VI) or blind patients.This retrospective study enrolled consecu...

Jun 17, 2021

M-opsin, encoded by opn1mw gene, is involved in green-light perception of mice. The role of M-opsin in emmetropization of mice remains uncertain. To answer the above question, 4-week-old wild-type (WT...

Jun 17, 2021

To estimate repeatability and inter-observer variation of choroidal thickness measurements in myopic Danish children aged 7-14 years using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT).Thirty-n...

Jun 17, 2021

The geometry of contact lenses can be altered by wear but determining the changes that occur in soft contact lenses (SCLs) is challenging. This study aimed to investigate the shape alterations of dail...

Jun 17, 2021

Ocular surface mucins and glycocalyx are critical for providing ocular hydration as well lubrication and repelling pathogens or allergens. Elevated levels of tear proinflammatory cytokines in dry eye ...

Jun 17, 2021

Dry eye is a multifactorial condition of the eye caused by insufficient tear production and imbalance in tear composition leading to faster evaporation of tear fluid. It is also associated with inflam...

Jun 17, 2021

To compare two-year treatment outcomes of subthreshold micropulse (577 nm) laser and aflibercept for diabetic macular edema (DME).Retrospective case-control study.A total 164 eyes in 164 DME patients...

Jun 17, 2021

To investigate the association of receptor for advanced glycation end products gene polymorphism 429T/C (rs1800625) with diabetic retinopathy and serum soluble receptor for advanced glycation end prod...

Jun 17, 2021

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven its relevance for medical decision support. However, the "black-box" nature of successful AI algorithms still holds back their wide-spread depl...

Jun 17, 2021

To approximate the breakdown of narrow anterior chamber angle conditions, on general ophthalmology clinics, in the predominantly white population of the South East Kent region in the United Kingdom.A ...

Jun 17, 2021

We assessed the proportion of eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in routine clinical practice that reach ≥14 week treatment intervals and their outcomes.We analysed data f...

Jun 17, 2021

'Plant blindness' stops people from recognizing the important role that plants play in society, and is acute when it comes to seeing how plants support health. The social sciences are beginning to exp...

Jun 14, 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate quality of life and participation in children aged 3 to 17 years with visual impairment (VI) compared to reference groups and between subgroups with increa...