BACKGROUND Corneal infections due to contact lens contamination are risks associated with contact lens wear. Care systems which reduce these risks are desirable. METHODS This study evaluated a contact ...

Correspondence to Dr Mingzhi Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology, The Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dongxia Road, Jingping ...

BACKGROUND In the 4 year period (1988–91) there were nine cases of bacterial keratitis in five critically ill patients on an intensive care unit (‘unit A’), all except one due toPseudomonas aeruginosa ...

1 Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India 2 Cornea and Anterior Segment Services, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Vijayawada, India Correspondence to Dr Jatin Ashar, ...

Correspondence to Professor Seang Mei Saw, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119759, Singapore; seang_mei_saw{at}nuhs ...

Radiation is a commonly used treatment modality for head and neck as well as CNS tumours, both benign and malignant. As newer oncology treatments such as immunotherapies allow for longer survival, ...

Aim: Recent phylogenetic analyses on the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genes US4, encoding glycoprotein G (gG) and US7, encoding gI, of clinical HSV-1 isolates have led to the classification of ...

Background/aims: The direct brow lift operation can be used to treat brow ptosis arising from either involutional changes or facial nerve palsy. The authors reviewed their experience with this ...

Aim: To investigate the correlation between retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness and optic nerve head (ONH) size in normal white subjects by means of optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: ...