Retinal diseases in a tertiary hospital: the need for establishment of a vitreo-retinal care unit.

Aim: To evaluate the need for vitreo-retinal care for suburban and rural communities of southwestern Nigeria.

Methodology: A retrospective review of patients with posterior segment diseases attending the general ophthalmology clinics of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital's complex, Ile Ife, southwestern Nigeria, between January 2001 and December 2006 was conducted. The age, sex and diagnosis were analyzed and needs assessment conducted.

Compound elevated skull fracture: a forgotten type of skull fracture.

Background And Objective: We report 4 patients who presented with a rare type of vault fracture. This form of fracture has only been described in few instances in the literature.

Case Description: All the patients presented with elevation of free skull fracture fragments.