Glaucoma care and clinical profile in Priest Hospital, Thailand.

Objective: To assess the prevalence, mechanism and status of glaucoma, and to investigate the magnitude of visual impairment from glaucoma and its relating factors in Buddhist priest and novices.

Material And Method: Cross-sectional study of 190 patients treated in Glaucoma service, Priest hospital was performed. One hundred thirty seven patients with glaucoma and suspected glaucoma had comprehensive ophthalmic examination included interview on medical and ocular history, visual acuity, applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, optic disc, visual field evaluation, and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurement (Stratus Optical Coherence Tomography; Stratus OCT).

Outcome of porous implants: incidence of complications, management, and morbidity.

Objective: To determine the incidence of complications and the outcome associated with the use of three kinds of ocular porous implants.

Material And Method: Retrospective review of 133 consecutive case series. All patients undergoing orbital implantation either primary or secondary implantation of 49 coral hydroxyapatite, 43 human bone hydroxyapatite and 39 bovine bone hydroxyapatite from September 1995 to September 2007 were included.

Eye health of priests and novices in rural area.

Background: Early detection and treatment of eye diseases is important to minimize visual morbidity and permanent visual loss in general and priests' population.

Objective: To evaluate eye health status, visual acuity and eye diseases of the priests and novices, to estimate the prevalence and causes of visual impairment, and to provide eye health education.

Material And Method: Between May 2006 and March 2007, the priests and novices in selected village (stratified population cluster random sampling) of 22 provinces in The First National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment Program in Thailand (TVIP) had their visual acuity (VA) and intraocular pressure (IOP) measured and eye examined by ophthalmic nurses.

Eye health in the priests and novices in central Bangkok.

Background: Early detection and proper management of eye diseases in priests and novices is cost effective, and minimize serious ocular damage and permanent loss of vision. Therefore, the Department of Ophthalmology, Priest Hospital set-up an eye examination project for the priests and novices who came for physical examination. The laboratory test was part of the Sustained and Holistic Healthcare Program for Priests and Novices as Commemoration of His Majesty the King's 60 Years of Accession to the Throne.