British Journal of Ophthalmology

Coverage of cataract surgery services in Nepal: results from a nationwide Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey

Background/aim To assess the coverage of cataract surgery services and the outcomes of surgeries including the causes of poor ...
British Journal of Ophthalmology

Epidemiological insights into epiretinal membranes using optical coherence tomography: the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study-2

Background To investigate prevalence and risk factors of epiretinal membrane (ERM), particularly those associated with ERM ...
British Journal of Ophthalmology

Socioeconomic status, cardiovascular health and joint associations with incident cataract: a prospective study from UK Biobank

Aims To investigate the interaction and combined effects of cardiovascular health (CVH) and socioeconomic status (SES) on ...
bjo.bmj

Characteristics of endothelial corneal transplant rejection following immunisation with SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA vaccine

Correspondence to Maria Phylactou, Cornea and External Diseases, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London EC1V 2PD, UK; phylactou.maria{at}gmail.com Aim We report two cases of endothelial ...
bjo.bmj

Online First

Prevalence and associations of intraretinal hyperreflective foci in age-related macular degeneration: the Beijing Eye Study ...
bjo.bmj

Estimated number of ophthalmologists worldwide (International Council of Ophthalmology update): will we meet the needs?

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 ...
bjo.bmj

Cavernous venous malformations of the orbit (so-called cavernous haemangioma): a comprehensive evaluation of their clinical, imaging and histologic nature

2 Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 4 Department of ...
bjo.bmj

Drusen volume development over time and its relevance to the course of age-related macular degeneration

3 Institute of Environmental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Correspondence to Professor Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Medical University of ...
bjo.bmj

Visual impairment in rural and migrant Chinese school-going children: prevalence, severity, correction and associations

Purpose To describe changes in the prevalence of visual impairment and glasses ownership with age and as associated with income and population density for visual impairment among rural and urban ...
bjo.bmj

Is sunlight exposure a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration? A systematic review and meta-analysis

1 School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China 2 First Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, ...
bjo.bmj

Effects of taking pregabalin (Lyrica) on the severity of dry eye, corneal sensitivity and pain after laser epithelial keratomileusis surgery

Correspondence to Dr Tae-Young Chung, Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Korea (the Republic of); tychung{at}skku.edu Background Corneal nerve damage after laser epithelial ...
bjo.bmj

Functional impairment of reading in patients with dry eye

Background/aims To evaluate the impact of dry eye on reading performance. Methods Out-loud and silent reading in patients with clinically significant dry eye (n=41) and controls (n=50) was evaluated ...