Functional Vision of Pseudophakic Children Attending a Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic in Southwest Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the functional vision of pseudophakic children attending a child eye health tertiary facility in southwest Nigeria.

Methods: A hospital-based descriptive study of pseudophakic children attending the Pediatric Ophthalmology outpatient clinic of a tertiary facility in southwest Nigeria was conducted between June and November 2021. Details of demography and clinical examination findings were obtained using a semi-structured questionnaire.

Childhood traumatic cataract in Nigeria; a multicentre study: 2017-2021.

Objective: To determine the frequency, demography, aetiology and mechanisms of ocular injuries associated with childhood traumatic cataract in Nigeria.

Methods: A retrospective multicentre study conducted across ten child eye health tertiary facilities in Nigeria between January 2017 and December 2021. Clinic records of all children aged 0-17 years who had been diagnosed with cataract at the various participating centres were reviewed.

Management of childhood cataract: practice patterns among ophthalmologists in Nigeria.

Objective: To describe the practice patterns for the management of paediatric cataracts among ophthalmologists practising in Nigeria.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of fully trained Nigerian ophthalmologists who perform cataract surgery in children aged 16 years and below. An online questionnaire was distributed via e-mail and social media platforms to respondents.

Familial Cataracts: Profile of Patients and Their Families at a Child Eye Care Tertiary Facility in a Developing Country.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe the clinical profile, pedigree charting, and management of children with familial cataracts at a child eye health tertiary facility in southwest Nigeria.

Methods: The clinical records of children ≤16 years diagnosed with familial cataracts at the Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic, University College Hospital Ibadan (Ibadan, Nigeria) from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, were retrospectively reviewed. Information on demographic data, family history, visual acuity, mean refractive error (spherical equivalent), and surgical management was retrieved.

Ocular injuries in a paediatric population at a child eye health tertiary facility, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the pattern, causes and risk factors for ocular injuries amongst children presenting to a tertiary facility in Ibadan, southwest Nigeria METHODS: A retrospective review of clinical records of patients aged 16 years and below who presented with ocular injuries to the eye emergency unit between May 2010 and April 2016. Information extracted includes patient's demography, location and circumstances of injury, clinical findings, and management. Data was analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.

Intraocular Pressure Elevation Following the Use of Topical Dexamethasone Ointment After Squint Surgery.

Purpose: To describe the pattern of intraocular pressure (IOP) changes after squint surgery in eyes of black Africans at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective review of the clinical records of patients who underwent squint surgery between 2010 and 2019. Data on demographic characteristics, preoperative and postoperative intraocular pressure values, co-existing ocular pathology, type of strabismus, surgery performed, frequency and duration of postoperative topical steroid use and treatment received for elevated intraocular pressure were collected and descriptively summarised.

Outcome of surgery for traumatic cataract in children in a child eye health tertiary facility, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the outcome of surgery for traumatic cataract and associated factors in children aged 16 years and below operated in a tertiary facility.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of records of children who had surgery for traumatic cataract between August 2015 and August 2019. Information on biodata, preoperative visual acuity, surgical methods, complications, and postoperative visual acuity were retrieved.

Strengthening retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment services in Nigeria: a case study of activities, challenges and outcomes 2017-2020.

Objectives: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) will become a major cause of blindness in Nigerian children unless screening and treatment services expand. This article aims to describe the collaborative activities undertaken to improve services for ROP between 2017 and 2020 as well as the outcome of these activities in Nigeria.

Design: Descriptive case study.

Ocular Disorders among Preschool Children in Southwest Nigeria.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and causes of ocular disorders among preschool children.

Methods: A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 560 children from a total of 9944 children aged 3-5 years attending nursery schools in the study area. Demographic and other relevant data were collected from the children.

Congenital aniridia: clinical profile of children seen at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.

Purpose: To describe the clinical features of patients younger than 16 years with aniridia presenting to the Paediatric Ophthalmology unit of the Eye Clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Methods: The is a retrospective review of children with aniridia seen between May 2015 and April 2019 at the Paediatric Ophthalmology unit of the Eye Clinic, University College Hospital in Ibadan. Data on demographic characteristics, presenting complaints, ocular and systemic examination findings, and interventions were collected and descriptively summarised.

Indications for surgery amongst new patients presenting to the paediatric ophthalmology unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the proportion of children requiring ocular surgery amongst new patients presenting to the Paediatric Ophthalmology Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, over a 2-year period, to enhance planning and improve the efficiency of service delivery.

Methods: The study was a retrospective review of records of all new patients aged 0-16 years who presented to the Paediatric Ophthalmology Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, over a 2-year period (May 2015-April 2017). Information on age and gender, clinical diagnosis and indications for surgery and type of surgery scheduled were retrieved from the diagnosis register of the unit, and a descriptive analysis was performed.

Case-control study on ocular changes and ophthalmic Doppler velocimetric indices among preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Objective: To compare the ocular changes and Doppler velocimetric indices in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women.

Methods And Analysis: This was a case-control study of 71 preeclamptic women and 72 parity-matched normotensive pregnant women conducted at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. Demographic data were obtained using questionnaires.

Age at detection and age at presentation of childhood cataract at a tertiary facility in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria.

Background: To describe factors which influence the age at detection and age at presentation of patients with childhood cataract at a tertiary eye care facility in Southwest Nigeria.

Methods: A retrospective review of children who presented with cataract between 2011 and 2015. Case notes were reviewed and data on age at detection and presentation as well as other clinical information was collected and analyzed using Stata 12 statistical software.

Adaptable skull stand: An indigenous innovation.

The aim of this report is to describe the structure and advantages of an innovative and indigenous device, the adaptable skull stand, which serves the purpose of holding a skull model steady in a variety of positions without the need for an assistant.

Delleman syndrome: A case report from West Africa - features and the challenges of management.

Delleman syndrome is a rare congenital disorder. We report an 8-month old female with a history of a fleshy mass covering the left eye since birth. Examination revealed poor vision in the left eye, an upper lid coloboma and an epibulbar dermoid with a large area of alopecia and scalp hypoplasia involving the left frontoparietal region.

Retinal vascular changes in hypertensive patients in Ibadan, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Background: Earlier studies in Nigeria reported the rarity of retinal vascular changes in hypertensives. The aim of this study was to describe the various retinal vascular changes in the hypertensive patients of Nigeria.

Patients And Methods: Nine hundred and three hypertensive patients were studied.

Determinants of Utilization of Eye Care Services in a Rural Adult Population of a Developing Country.

Purpose: To describe the factors that determine the utilization of eye care services in a rural community in South-Western Nigeria.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey using a multistage sampling technique was conducted. The main outcome measure was self-reported previous consultation of an orthodox medical facility for eye care.

Unilateral central serous chorioretinopathy in a pregnant Nigerian woman.

Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is an idiopathic condition characterized by serous detachment of the neurosensory retina in the macular region. It is relatively uncommon in Africans and though pregnancy is a known risk factor, there are no previous reports of CSCR in pregnant African women. We report the case of a 35-year-old pregnant woman who presented to our clinic at gestational age of 29 weeks with a 4 months history of blurring of vision in her left eye.

Does patient comfort influence the choice of tonometer for the measurement of intraocular pressure?

The purpose of this study was to compare patient comfort and preference between the use of Icare tonometer and Goldmann applanation tonometer for the measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP). This was a prospective study carried out at the Eye clinic of the University College Hospital, Ibadan on volunteers aged 18 years and above. Demographic information of the participants was collected using a proforma.

Brown syndrome with severe amblyopia: a case report from Africa.

Brown syndrome is a rare form of strabismus that is characterised by restriction of elevation of the eye in adduction. This is a case report of an eleven year old Nigerian girl who presented with a history of squint and poor vision. She had visual acuities of 6/24 and counting fingers in her right and left eyes respectively.

Duane retraction syndrome in a Nigerian child.

We report a case of a four year old Nigerian girl who presented to the paediatric unit of our eye clinic with complaints of a squint on looking to the right side and reduction in the size of the right eye when looking to the left. On examination, she had right exotropia in the primary position of gaze. There was limitation of abduction and widening of the palpebral fissure of the right eye on right gaze.

Paralytic strabismus in South African Black and mixed race children--a 15-year clinic-based review.

Purpose: To describe the demographics and clinical profile of paralytic strabismus in South African black and mixed race children seen at a tertiary pediatric eye clinic.

Methods: A retrospective, descriptive case series of patients younger than 14 years diagnosed with paralytic strabismus at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, between 1996 and 2010.

Results: A total of 166 children were studied.