Strengthening retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment services in Nigeria: a case study of activities, challenges and outcomes 2017-2020.

Objectives: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) will become a major cause of blindness in Nigerian children unless screening and treatment services expand. This article aims to describe the collaborative activities undertaken to improve services for ROP between 2017 and 2020 as well as the outcome of these activities in Nigeria.

Design: Descriptive case study.

Distribution of phthisis bulbi and status of fellow eyes at a tertiary eye-care centre in Nigeria: a ten-year review.

Background: Phthisis bulbi is an irreversible cause of visual loss with insufficient evidence about its aetiology and status of patients' fellow eyes.

Objectives: To identify the distribution of patients with phthisis bulbi and determine the status of their fellow eyes at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Methods: We analysed data retrospectively retrieved from medical records of patients diagnosed with phthisis bulbi at initial clinic visit from January 2008 to December 2017.

Intraocular pressure variation after conventional extracapsular cataract extraction, manual small incision cataract surgery and phacoemulsification in an indigenous black population.

Introduction: intraocular pressure changes have been reported following the various cataract surgical technique. This study aims to compare the intra-ocular pressure (IOP) variation following conventional extra-capsular cataract extraction (ECCE), manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) and phacoemulsification in an indigenous black population.

Methods: a comparative cross-sectional study of adult patients aged 40 years and above who had pressure was measured with Goldman's applanation tonometer pre-operatively and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month as well as 3 month post-operative periods and recorded.

Choroidal detachment with exudative retinal detachment following Ahmed valve implantation in Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Ahmed glaucoma valve implant appears to be a relatively useful drainage device in eyes with glaucoma secondary to Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). However, early postoperative choroidal and exudative retinal detachment may occur from a rapid expansion of the choroidal hemangioma with effusion of fluid into the suprachoroidal and subretinal spaces. We report the case of a ten-year-old boy who had SWS with choroidal haemangioma and secondary glaucoma.

Burden of family caregivers of ophthalmic patients in a university teaching hospital in south-west Nigeria.

Background: The family provides support in the care of their ill members and suffers some burden during caregiving. This study assessed the burden of family caregivers and associated factors in an ophthalmic clinic situated in a university teaching hospital in southwest Nigeria.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study where consenting family caregivers of ophthalmic patients completed a semi-structured questionnaire containing information on their socio-demographic characteristics and caregiving burden using the Zarit burden interview.

Relationship between Refraction, Anthropometrics, and Educational Status in a Nigerian Young Adult Population.

Purpose: The study aimed at determining the relationship between refraction and anthropometric measurements and the relationship between the level of education and refractive status in a Nigerian young adult population.

Materials And Methods: Healthy volunteers from the students and staff of a teaching hospital in South-Western Nigeria were studied. Demographic profiles including participants' highest educational status, parental educational level, and the age at first formal school enrollment were documented.

Outcome of trabeculectomy with Ologen versus Mitomycin C: A comparative prospective study in Bangladesh.

Aims:: To compare the efficacy and safety of trabeculectomy with Ologen versus Mitomycin C in primary glaucoma.

Materials And Methods:: This is a prospective study of patients aged 18 years and above, diagnosed with primary glaucoma randomised to having trabeculectomy with Ologen or Mitomycin C. The primary outcome measure was success of trabeculectomy defined as intraocular pressure >5 mmHg but ≤21 mmHg.

Associations between ocular biometry and anthropometric measurements in a Nigerian population.

Purpose: The study aimed at determining the associations between ocular biometry and anthropometric measurements in a Nigerian adult population.

Subjects And Methods: Participants were healthy members of staff and students of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. The height and weight were measured, and the body mass index (BMI) was calculated.

Burden of prostate cancer in southwestern Nigeria.

Objectives: To determine the pattern of presentation, prevalent age, hospital incidence, and outcome of management of prostate cancer in our environment.

Method: Patients with histopathology evidence of prostate cancer managed between January 1991 and December 2007 were studied. Information entered into a pro-forma sheet and analyzed included the age of patients, clinical features, investigations, histopathology diagnosis, outcome of management, and duration of follow-up.