Comparative Evaluation of Activities of Daily Living Using Virtual Reality Simulation in Glaucoma and Non-Glaucoma Patients.

Purpose: To compare the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) in Primary open-angle glaucoma patients and non-glaucoma normal controls using virtual reality (VR) simulation at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

Materials And Methods: This was a comparative clinical analysis involving primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. A total of 86 patients were enrolled (43 cases and 43 normal non-glaucoma).

Association between keratoconus and allergic conjunctivitis in children attending a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria.

To ascertain an association between keratoconus and allergic conjunctivitis and to know if it is necessary to investigate all patients with allergic conjunctivitis for keratoconus. A hospital-based prospective study in which the eyes of children presenting with ocular allergic diseases were examined. Social demographics and clinical data were captured in a questionnaire.

A Multi-centre Survey of Acceptability of Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Nigeria.

Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major genetic disease that manifests early in life and may lead to significant morbidities. One of the health care services that have been effective in reducing the burden of SCD in developed countries is newborn screening (NBS) followed by pneumococcal vaccines, penicillin prophylaxis, and hydroxyurea treatment. Yet, in sub-Saharan African countries, where about 75% of annual affected babies worldwide are born, NBS programmes are largely unavailable.

Orbito-oculoplastic diseases in lagos: a 4-year prospective study.

Aims: To determine the prevalence of orbito-oculoplastic diseases and thereby contributing a data base to the emerging orbito-oculoplastics subspecialty in the sub-Saharan region.

Settings And Design: A tertiary eye care centre.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive prospective study was done in a tertiary eye care center.

Spectrum of congenital defects of the eye and its adnexia in the pediatric age group; experience at a tertiary facility in Nigeria.

The aim of this study was to investigate the types and presentation pattern of congenital defects of the eye and adnexia in our center. This is a retrospective review of congenital defects of the eye and adnexia over a 20-month period at a tertiary referral center in Lagos, Nigeria. Records were analyzed for age at presentation, laterality, gender, vision assessment, and type(s) of abnormality.

Ectropion and entropion in sub-Saharan Africa: how do we differ?

Aims: To study the etiopathophysiology of ectropion and entropion in a sub-Saharan tertiary eye care center and examine how it differs from reports elsewhere.

Methods And Materials: This was a retrospective audit of all consecutive patients who presented with ectropion or entropion to the oculoplastics clinic of a tertiary eye care unit. We reviewed the medical records of all such patients and data extracted include age, gender, etiopathology, and diagnosis.

Patient refusal of glaucoma surgery and associated factors in Lagos, Nigeria.

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of patient refusal of glaucoma surgery (GSR) and the associated factors in Lagos, Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional survey was conducted in Lagos state, Nigeria. Twelve centres were invited to participate, but data collection was completed in 10.

Chest X-ray findings in HIV- infected Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment (HAART)-naïve patients.

Introduction: Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection frequently present with a wide spectrum of pulmonary and cardiac complications from the virus, opportunistic infections and neoplasms that may be associated with a high mortality rate. Diseases of the respiratory tract account for about half of deaths from AIDS, while cardiac diseases account for more than a quarter of deaths from AIDS. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of pulmonary and cardiac diseases using a chest radiograph in HAART-naïve HIV-infected patients.

Orbital cellulitis: clinical course and management challenges. the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital experience.

Background: Orbital cellulitis is a devastating acute infection of orbital soft tissues located posterior to the orbital septum. It is both vision and life-threatening. It is an ocular emergency which most often present in childhood.