Validation of Smartphone-Based Retinal Photography for Diabetic Retinopathy Screening.

Backround And Objective: Screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) is cost-effective when compared with disability loss for those who go blind in the absence of a screening program. We aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a smartphone-based device for the screening and detection of DR.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study of 220 patients with diabetes (440 eyes, all patients age 25 years or older) was completed.

Color vision deficiency among biomedical students: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of color vision deficiency (CVD) among first-cycle students of the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé I.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between October 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016. Distant visual acuity was measured and color vision test done for all consenting students.

Conjunctival Flora of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment.

Objectives: To determine the conjunctival flora of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART).

Methodology: A total of 104 conjunctival swabs from 104 HIV patients on ART underwent microbiological evaluation to describe the flora.

Result: There were 71 (68.

Ophthalmological findings in Cameroonian boxers.

Background: The purpose of this prospective, noncomparative consecutive study was to examine active and retired amateur boxers in order to evaluate the nature and incidence of ocular pathologic conditions related to the boxing practice.

Results: A total of 35 boxers were included in this study. The mean age of the boxers was 28.

Simultaneous Bilateral Cataract Surgery in Outreach Surgical Camps.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and visual outcomes of simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery (SBCS) with intraocular lens implantation performed in outreach surgical eye camps.

Methods: The medical records of 47 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral small-incision cataract surgery between January 2010 and December 2015 in outreach surgical camps in rural Cameroon were reviewed. The measures included postoperative visual outcomes and intraoperative and postoperative complications.

Orbital exenteration in immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

Background: Orbital exenteration (OE) is a disfiguring procedure most commonly performed for locally advanced and potentially life-threatening periorbital malignancies.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed records of 11 consecutive HIV patients who underwent OE for invasive orbital malignancy at our institution from January 2005 to December 2015. Patient demographic and clinic data and histopathology of the tumor were analyzed.

Uveal coloboma: about 3 cases at the University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon.

Uveal coloboma is a rare eye malformation caused by failure of the optic fissure to close during the fifth to seventh weeks of foetal life. The risk of retinal detachment increases with age in colobomatous eyes. Preventive measures such as early detection of the retinal break, prophylactic laser photocoagulation along the coloboma margin, confer a significant benefit in reducing this risk of retinal detachment.

Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in children aged 5-15 in local anaesthesia: visual outcomes and complications.

The aim of this study was to report feasibility, the visual outcomes and complications of pediatric cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children aged 5 to15 years in local anesthesia. This retrospective interventional case series included 62 eyes from 50 children who underwent pediatrc cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation at the Mana eye Clinic Nkongsamba between 2006 and 2015 Main outcome measures were: best-corrected post operative visual acuity, and intraoperative and postoperative complications. Mean age at surgery was 10.

Peters plus anomaly in a Cameroonian child: a case report.

Background: Peters' anomaly (PA) is a rare form of anterior segment dysgenesis characterized by corneal opacity with varied degree of anterior chamber affection with associated defects in the posterior layers of the cornea.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 3-month-old male infant with bilateral corneal opacity since birth who was transferred from the pediatric unit for further ophthalmic care. He was diagnosed with PA with subsequent systemic-associated malformations including craniofacial defects and skeletal defects.

Ophthalmic Manifestations in Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases at a Referral Hospital of Yaounde, Cameroon.

Purpose: To determine the profile of ophthalmic manifestations in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (CIRD).

Methods: Observational study at the Yaounde Central Hospital and Innel Medical Centre (2004 to 2012).

Results: The study population (n = 36) consisted of 14 men and 22 women with average age of 47.

Modified Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Intraocular Lens Implantation in HIV Patients.

Aim: To describe a surgical technique suitable for cataract surgery in regions with a high prevalence of HIV infection.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 20 consecutive AIDS patients with cataract who underwent modified small-incision cataract surgery (mSICS) with posterior chamber lens implantation. Classic extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) was compared to mSICS.

Indications for surgical removal of the eye in rural areas in cameroon.

Objective: To determine the main clinical indications for surgical removal of the eye in rural areas in Cameroon.

Design: Retrospective non-comparative case series.

Participants: A total of 253 patients presenting to the Manna eye clinic Nkongsamba who underwent destructive eye surgery (DES) between January 2006 and December 2010 were reviewed.

Prevalence of trachoma in the north region of Cameroon: results of a survey in 15 health districts.

Background: To estimate the prevalence of trachoma in the North Region of Cameroon in order to facilitate the planning of trachoma control activities in this region, a survey was carried out in 2011 and 2012 in 15 health districts (HDs).

Methodology: A cross-sectional, two-stage cluster random sampling survey was carried out. The survey focused on two target populations: children aged 1 to 9 years for the prevalence of Trachomatous Inflammation-Follicular (TF) and those aged 15 and over for the prevalence of Trachomatous Trichiasis (TT).

Aphakia correction by injection of foldable intra ocular lens in the anterior chamber.

We assessed the outcomes of the use of anterior chamber foldable lens for unilateral aphakia correction at the University Teaching Hospital of Yaounde. In this retrospective, non-comparative, consecutive case series study, we reviewed the records of patients who underwent an operation for aphakia correction by the means of injection of an angular supported foldable lens between January 2009 and December 2011 in the University Teaching Hospital Yaounde. Student's paired t-test was carried out to compare pre-operative and post-operative visual acuity (VA) and intraocular pressure (IOP).

Prevalence of trachoma in the Far North region of Cameroon: results of a survey in 27 Health Districts.

Background: Cameroon is known to be endemic with trachoma. To appreciate the burden of the disease and facilitate the national planning of trachoma control in the integrated control program for the neglected tropical diseases, an epidemiological mapping of trachoma was conducted in the Far North region in 2010-11.

Methodology: A cross-sectional, cluster random sampling survey was carried out.

[Prevalence and etiology of amblyopia of children in Yaoundé (Cameroon), aged 5-15 years].

Purpose: To determine the frequency of amblyopia and identify its causes in a population of children aged 5-15 years in Cameroon.

Subjects And Methods: This retrospective study examined the files of children aged 5-15 years seen in a private eye clinic in Yaounde from January 2008 through December 2010. The subjects underwent a complete ophthalmic examination including assessment of the best corrected visual acuity on a LogMAR chart, cycloplegic refraction measurements, and an orthoptic examination.

Hydrocephalus in toddlers: the place of shunts in sub-Sahara African countries.

Purpose: This study describes the epidemiological patterns of hydrocephalus in toddlers in our setting in order to determine the proportion of those who could benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV).

Methods: This prospective and descriptive study included all toddlers operated on for hydrocephalus from 1 March 2008 to 31 March 2010 at the Yaounde Central Hospital.

Results: Forty-six toddlers were included representing 72% of all hydrocephalus cases managed at the Neurosurgery Unit during the study period.