[Selective laser trabeculoplasty in African blacks].

Introduction: The treatment of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is preferably medical. However, when medical therapy fails, alternative or complementary treatments may be considered. In this regard, selective laser trabeculoplasty is a widely popular procedural treatment whose accepted benefits have been very little studied in African blacks.

[Cataracts related to the extended application of dermocorticosteroids. A study of 8 cases in Abidjan].

Introduction: Cataract induced by corticosteroids is an entity, which has been well described for a relatively long time, but this eventuality caused by the cutaneous application of corticosteroids remains inadequately reported. The purpose of this study was to describe cataract as one of the complications of the misuse of cutaneous application of corticosteroids.

Materials And Methods: In eight patients seen for visual loss, bilateral cataract was discovered.

[Central serous chorioretinopathy: a study of six cases observed in Abidjan between 2003 and 2005, suggesting a role played by the Ivorian political-military crisis].

Objective: This study aimed to show that central serous chorioretinopathy is present in Ivory Coast and that the emotional and psychosocial context plays an important role in this disorder's pathogenesis.

Patients And Method: The authors report six central serous chorioretinopathy cases based on angiographic diagnosis, five in Black African subjects and one in a European subject. These cases were observed over a period of 2 years during the Ivorian political-military crisis.

[Central corneal thickness and potential error in Goldmann applanation tonometry of the Black African patient suffering from primary open-angle glaucoma: 340 eyes surveyed].

Introduction: Goldmann applanation tonometry is the reference method for measuring IOP. This tonometric model is influenced by corneal thickness, which varies according to race. Most studies have been conducted on Caucasian or Black American subjects.

[Mid-term effects of two-site phacotrabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flap and microincision trabeculectomy with adjustable sutures].

Purpose: To evaluate the midterm effects of two-site phacotrabeculectomy with limbal-based conjunctival flap and microincisinal trabeculectomy with adjustable sutures.

Design: and method: The charts of 115 patients (188 eyes) were retrospectively reviewed. Patients had a mean age of 74.

High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the upper eyelid: correlation with the position of the skin crease in the upper eyelid.

Purpose: The position and appearance of the upper eyelid crease is one of the challenges in eyelid surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical appearance of the upper eyelid crease with its anatomy, including the position of the levator, the septum, and the orbital fat as determined by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: Oculoplastic examination was performed in normal volunteers of the same age with different appearances of the upper eyelid.

[Ocular biometric values of the black African patient and theoretical consideration of the role of these values in various pathologies: analysis of 325 eyes].

Introduction: The international literature seldom refers to eye measurements of the black African patient. Therefore, the various patterns where biometry elements are used as constituents deserve reconsideration as they may not correspond to the eye of the black patient of our region. This study provides true measurements for the black African patient in Ivory Coast.