Ndubuisi Chinawa

• Consultant at University of uyo/Siloam eye foundation

The paper highlights the importance of clarity of vision for safety in driving roads

Ocular Findings among Officers of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Chloroquine retinopathy is an established complication of long-term use of chloroquine, and it is dose and duration dependent. At an early stage, it may be asymptomatic and reversible with discontinuation of drugs. However at later stage it leads to atrophy of retinal pigment epithelium with loss of functional vision, central scotoma , reduced nigh...

Socio-demographic characteristics and ocular status of participants attending world glaucoma week screening

A REVIEW OF ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR USE IN RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

Background: The visual and auditory systems are vital for the optimal development of a child. However recent studies have shown that the incidence of visual problems in the deaf is higher than in their hearing counterparts. This study is aimed to find out if this is so in our locality. Aim: To screen for ocular abnormalities among students in a dea...

Retinal arterial macroaneurysms are acquired, focal dilations of retinal arterial branches. It usually occurs in the first three orders of the arterial tree. It can present as insidious loss of central vision following leakage which involves the macula or less commonly it could cause sudden loss of vision following haemorrhage. The variable clinica...

Background: Ocular diseases vary in different parts of the world and are influenced by racial, geographic, socioeconomic and cultural factors. The common ocular diseases worldwide are cataract, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, uveitis, refractive errors, pterygium. Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study carri...

Safety of Glaucoma fdrus in pregnancy and breast-feeding mothers

Uveitic cataract surgery is usually marred with complications. Complications could be due to persistent inflammation, ocular structural changes, poor decision on intraocular lens (IOL) implantation and other ocular comorbidities. This study aims to report immediate and long term outcomes of uveitic cataract surgeries with and without IOL in Port Ha...

Background: Orbitocutaneous fistula is a known complication of orbital exenteration. Orbitocutaneous fistula arising from a tonsillectomy are quite uncommon. Risk factors for fistula development are sinus diseases, radiotherapy, inadvertent sinus penetration during mid-face and other related surgeries. Case Report: MS is a 16-year-old girl who pres...

Objective: To assess the ocular disorders prevalent in communities affected by crude oil-spillage in Rivers State. Methods: A cross sectional study involving participants at a one day free eye screening event in Ogu Bolo Local Government area of Rivers State. Participants had comprehensive ocular examination, a pen torch examination of the anterior...

Aim: To find the age and gender variation in oculoplastic-related disorders in Port Harcourt. Methods: This study was a hospital-based retrospective study involving retrieval of records of all oculoplastic disorders University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), Nigeria. The various ocular disorders in the hospital are routinely entered into...

Background: This study was conducted to analyze the pattern of ocular trauma in University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.

Aim: To audit the YAG Laser Capsulotomy procedures done over a 12 month period from January to December 2017. Objective: To review YAG LASER capsulotomies done over a 12 months period from January 2017-December 2017. Methods: The audit was retrospective in nature, involving collation of parameters such as age, sex, presenting visual acuity, post la...

BACKGROUND: Blepharospasm is a focal dystonia manifested by repetitive spasms of eyelid muscles which results in involuntary eye closure and often accompanied by sustained contractions of other facial and neck muscle. It is usually progressive and causes significant disability. It is commoner in females and prevalence increases with advancing age....

Case Report:Delayed presentation of intra orbital foreign body

Ocular findings in Abonnema;Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State

Sturge-Weber Syndrome in A 23-Year Old Nigerian Male: A Case Report

Using a simple test like visual field to increase index of suspicion in making a diagnosis of a sellar mass

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS, also called encephalofacial or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis) is a neurocutaneous syndrome, characterized by the association of facial port-wine hemangiomas in the trigeminal nerve distribution area, with a vascular malformation of the brain (leptomeningeal angioma) with or without glaucoma. Herein, we reported Sturge...

Purpose: To determine the age and gender related changes in intraocular pressure among patients attending a private eye clinic in Port Harcourt Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross sectional study done in a private hospital in Port Harcourt. The first one hundred patients attending the hospital in 2013 and met the inclusion criteria were recruited fo...

T o determine the practice pattern and preferences of Ophthalmologists in South of Nigeria.

To find out the association between gender and cataract, Trabeculectomy, corneal and squint surgery surgical output in University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Background: This study presents the preliminary findings of an eye care outreach programme in Oginigba, a rural community in South-South Nigeria. OBJECTIVES: To determine the patterns of ocular morbidity and visual impairment among residents in Oginigba and to create more awareness of the need for regular eye examination. METHODS: A descriptive cro...

PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of Central Corneal Thickness on measured intraocular pressure in a sub-Saharan cohort METHOD:Central corneal thickness CCT was measured by means of ultrasound pachymeter (IOPAC, Heidelberg Engineering, Germany) among subjects known to have glaucoma and those who did not have glaucoma. After instillation of topical ana...

“PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF OCULAR MORBIDITY IN PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING OPHTHALMIC OUTREACH SERVICES IN RURAL NIGERIA"

Perception of Eye Care Services among Patients Attending Mercy Eye Centre, Abak Background: The assessment of patients’6 perception of eye care services is an important tool for achieving excellence in eye care service delivery. Objectives: To determine the perception of eye care service delivery, personnel and facility among patients attending a...

1.1.Background: Myopia also called near or short sightedness is a refractive defect of the eye in which collimated light produces image focus in front of the retina. The aetiology is uncertain but several parameters have been studied with conflicting results. This study aims to determine if there is an association between central corneal thickness...

The aim of the study is to determine the impact of presbyopia among teachers in public schools in rural communities in Rivers State of Nigeria and also to know the benefits of correcting them. The teachers were divided into clusters according to their schools. They were then randomly selected from each cluster according to their school's size using...