Profile of Cataract Surgical Patients at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Background: Cataract surgery has evolved over the years. This study aims to highlight the profile of the patients that underwent cataract surgery at a tertiary hospital with emphasis on patient demographics, surgical techniques performed, intraocular lens powers implanted, and the complications managed.

Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive study of all patients who had undergone cataract surgery within two years at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Household coverage of ivermectin distribution in birnin kudu local government area of Jigawa State, Nigeria.

Purpose: To assess community-directed treatment coverage with Ivermectin (CDTI) in Onchocerciasis-endemic communities in Birnin Kudu local government area (LGA) Jigawa state.

Subjects And Methods: This was a community-based multistaged cross-sectional survey based on probability proportional to size. The study involved the administration of a questionnaire on 2021 respondents from 207 households.

Effect of glycemic control and dyslipidemia on plasma vascular endothelial growth factor and pigment epithelium-derived factor in diabetic retinopathy patients in Northern Nigeria.

Objectives: The disruption of the reciprocal regulation between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) has been associated with the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR). This study assessed the levels of VEGF, PEDF, indices of glycemia, and lipid profile in diabetic patients with retinopathy.

Methods: One hundred fifty participants comprised 50 type 2 diabetic patients with DR, 50 without DR and 50 non-diabetic normotensive controls, aged 30-80 years, were randomly recruited for this case-control study.

Visual function and vision-related quality of life in presbyopic adult population of Northwestern Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the impact of uncorrected presbyopia on vision-related quality of life (QoL) and visual function (VF) among adults 40 years and older in Bungudu local government area (LGA) of Zamfara State, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study in Bungudu LGA of Zamfara State Nigeria was conducted in 2012. Six-hundred and fifty persons at least 40 years of age were examined using a two-stage cluster random sampling-based on probability proportional to size.

Prevalence of presbyopia and spectacle correction coverage in a rural population of North West Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of presbyopia, and near vision spectacle coverage in a rural population of Northwestern Nigeria.

Study Design: Cross sectional prevalence study.

Subjects And Methods: Six hundred and fifty people of at least 40 years of age, in 13 clusters (50 per cluster) were examined using a multi-stage random sampling with probability proportional to size.

Peribulbar versus retrobulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery.

Background: Cataract is a major cause of blindness worldwide. Unless medically contraindicated, cataract surgery is usually performed under local (regional) anaesthesia. Local anaesthesia involves the blockage of a nerve subserving a given part of the body.

Knowledge and practice of primary eye care among primary healthcare workers in northern Nigeria.

Objective: To assess knowledge and practice of primary eye care among primary healthcare workers known as community health extension workers in Funtua district of Nigeria.

Methods: Cross-sectional mixed method study among health workers employed in government-owned primary healthcare facilities. Quantitative data were obtained using self-administered questionnaires and checklists, while qualitative data by modified Delphi technique, role plays and observation.

Face washing promotion for preventing active trachoma.

Background: Trachoma remains a major cause of avoidable blindness among underprivileged populations in many developing countries. It is estimated that about 146 million people have active trachoma and nearly six million people are blind due to complications associated with repeat infections.

Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of face washing promotion for the prevention of active trachoma in endemic communities.

Pediatric cataract surgery in National Eye Centre Kaduna, Nigeria: outcome and challenges.

Purpose: To assess the outcomes of congenital/developmental cataract from a tertiary eye care hospital in Northwest Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of all patients diagnosed with congenital or developmental cataract who underwent surgery from January 2008 to December 2009. Data were collected on patient demographics, preoperative characteristics, intraoperative complications, and postoperative outcomes as well as complications.

Interventions for Mooren's ulcer.

Background: Mooren's ulcer is a chronic, painful peripheral ulcer of the cornea. Its cause is unknown but it can or will lead to loss of vision if untreated. Severe pain is common in patients with Mooren's ulcer and the eye(s) may be intensely reddened, inflamed and photophobic, with tearing.

Face washing promotion for preventing active trachoma.

Background: Trachoma remains a major cause of avoidable blindness among underprivileged populations in many developing countries. It is estimated that about 146 million people have active trachoma and nearly six million people are blind due to complications associated with repeat infections.

Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of face washing on the prevalence of active trachoma in endemic communities.

Environmental sanitary interventions for preventing active trachoma.

Background: Trachoma is a major cause of avoidable blindness. It is responsible for about six million blind people worldwide, mostly in the poor communities of developing countries. One of the major strategies advocated for the control of the disease is the application of various environmental sanitary measures to such communities.

Interventions for Mooren's ulcer.

Background: Mooren's ulcer is a chronic, painful peripheral ulcer of the cornea. Its cause is unknown but it can or will lead to loss of vision if untreated. Severe pain is common in patients with Mooren's ulcer and the eye(s) may be intensely reddened, inflamed and photophobic, with tearing.

Peribulbar versus retrobulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery.

Background: Cataract is a major cause of blindness worldwide. Unless medically contraindicated, cataract surgery is usually performed under local (regional) anaesthesia. Local anaesthesia involves the blockage of a nerve subserving a given part of the body by infiltration of the area around the nerve with local anaesthetic.

Outcome of scleral buckling for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in Nigeria.

Background: The goal was to review the visual and anatomical outcome of scleral buckling for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment at a tertiary eye care center in Nigeria between January 1994 and December 2000.

Material/methods: This was a retrospective, descriptive case series of all eyes that had undergone scleral buckling over a 7-year study period. Data collected from the case notes included duration of symptoms, visual acuity at presentation and 3 and 6 months post-op, clinical presentation of the detachments, risk factors for retinal detachment, the surgical procedure done, anatomical outcome at discharge and at 3 and 6 months post-op, and intra-op and post-op complications.

Long-term complications of extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, in Nigeria.

Aim: To identify the long-term complications of extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation surgery, in the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria.

Methods: The study is a retrospective review of patients that have had extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, in the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Nigeria from January 1996 to December 1999. The medical records of all patients that satisfy these criteria were retrieved.