The Capacity of Eye Care Services for Patients with Glaucoma in Botswana.

Purpose: To evaluate current delivery of glaucoma care in Botswana; in particular, the service infrastructure available and glaucoma-related workload.

Methods: A multi-center cross-sectional study was undertaken comprising government eye care institutions and ophthalmic personnel across Botswana. Data on human resources, equipment types and numbers, diagnostic criteria routinely used, treatments routinely provided, and new and repeat glaucoma consultations were obtained through quantitative and qualitative surveys.

The clinical characteristics of patients with glaucoma presenting to Botswana healthcare facilities: an observational study.

Objective: This study aimed to establish the clinical characteristics of patients with glaucoma attending eye care facilities in Botswana, and management of glaucoma among patients who received care in these facilities. The study also aimed to calculate the number of new diagnoses of glaucoma within the glaucoma service.

Design: A prospective, hospital-based, observational study.

Use of trypan blue for penetrating keratoplasty.

Use of trypan blue for penetrating keratoplasty was developed to facilitate the procedure. Trypan blue is injected before and after the addition of 0.25 mL of an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD), sodium hyaluronate, to stain the internal and external cut edge of the cornea as well as the OVD, enabling the surgeon to improve visualization of the incision and suture depth, improve alignment of host and donor tissues, and ensure that all OVD is removed.

Non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, with ocular albinism and Noonan syndrome.

A 21-year-old woman presented with non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma; she was born a collodion baby. Associated features were ocular albinism, anterior segment dysgenesis of both eyes and Noonan syndrome. X-linked ichthyosis (steroid sulphatase deficiency) and X-linked ocular albinism have been mapped to the Xp22.

Keratocyte density and size in conscious humans by digital image analysis of confocal images.

Purpose: Confocal microscopy can give images of high magnification and resolution in undisturbed living tissue. It provides new information about the cellular structure of the cornea. Our aim was to measure the density, size and distribution of keratocytes.