British Journal of Ophthalmology (BJO) is an international peer-reviewed journal for ophthalmologists and visual science specialists.

Aims To evaluate the 1-year efficacy of two new myopia control spectacle lenses with lenslets of different asphericity. Methods One hundred seventy schoolchildren aged 8–13 years with myopia of −0.75 ...

Systematic review of published population based surveys to examine the relationship between primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) prevalence and demographic factors. A literature search identified ...

Purpose To report the clinical features, treatment outcomes and blindness associated with steroid-induced glaucoma in vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC). Materials and methods Records of patients with ...

Ocular burns constitute true ocular emergencies and both thermal and chemical burns represent potentially blinding ocular injuries. Thermal burns result from accidents associated with firework ...

Background Infectious keratitis (IK) predominantly affects patients from rural agrarian regions with limited access to medical care, leading to delayed presentation associated with poorer visual ...

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 ...

Aim To investigate the effect of the Defocus Incorporated Soft Contact (DISC) lenses on myopia progression and choroidal ...

Introduction Glaucoma is a lifelong condition often requiring surgical intervention. To allow us to inform patients’ expectations of surgery effectively, it is important to understand patients’ ...

Background Prior work has demonstrated the near-perfect accuracy of a deep learning retinal image analysis system for diagnosing plus disease in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Here we assess the ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the developed world. The identification of the central role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the ...