[High intraocular pressure and open angle glaucoma].

Purpose: To study the correlation between high intraocular pressure and the primitive glaucoma with opened angle among beninese patients.

Method: Our study was accomplished in the ophtalmological department of the university national hospital center of Cotonou. It was retrospective with descriptive and analytical aim and extended over a period of 3 years going from January 1st, 2007 till December 31st, 2009.

[Survey of medical treatment in primary open-angle glaucoma].

Purpose: To survey patient understanding of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and difficulties associated with medical treatment of POAG patients, to determine patient compliance rates with medical therapy, to study factors influencing compliance rates, and to formulate suggestions to improve patient compliance.

Patients And Methods: Our descriptive prospective study was carried out at the ophthalmology clinic of the Hubert K. Maga national university medical center and in the "La Lumière" ophthalmology clinic in Cotonou, from January 5 through April 25, 2009.

[Therapeutics of primary open-angle glaucoma in Cotonou: a series of 224 cases].

Aims: To determine POAG features and evaluate topical management in Cotonou, Benin, in order to suggest therapeutic diagrams adapted to local therapeutic conditions.

Patients And Method: This was a retrospective, longitudinal study with cross-sectional collection of data from subjects with POAG who were admitted to the CNHU and Bethesda Hospital ophthalmologic center in Cotonou, Benin, from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2008.

Results: Visual acuity higher than 6/10 improved from the first consultation (47.

[Detection of primary open-angle glaucoma at the National University Hospital Cotonou, Benin].

Aim: Describe the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of POAG and evaluate hospital personnel's knowledge of the disease at the National University Hospital in Cotonou, Benin.

Patients And Method: A transversal study was conducted over a period of 7 months on 689 employees over 20 years of age, divided into three professional categories A, B, and C.

Results: The rate of participation was 67 %.

[A study of refractive errors in a primary school in Cotonou, Benin].

Purpose: Determine the epidemiologic aspects and the degree of severity of different refractive errors in primary schoolchildren.

Patients And Methods: A prospective and descriptive study was conducted from 1 December 2005 to 31 March 2006 on schoolchildren ranging from 4 to 16 years of age in a public primary school in Cotonou, Benin. The refraction was evaluated for any visual acuity lower than or equal to 0.