نتایج جستجو برای: trichiasis
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Background: Following the implementation of the SAFE strategy in Jigawa state, ophthalmic nurses trained as lid surgeons perform trichiasis surgery in the state. This study aimed to determine the early outcome of these surgeries with the specific objectives to determine the recurrence rate of trichiasis; the incidence of eyelid contour abnormality and incidence of eyelid closure defects 3–6 mon...
Introduction There are approximately 10 million people living with trachomatous trichiasis (TT) worldwide. These individuals are at high risk of developing irreversible blinding corneal opacification (CO) if left untreated. Surgical correction of TT is believed to reduce the risk of progressive CO and blindness. During the five years since it was last reviewed in this journal there have been se...
AIMS To measure the productivity and factors associated with high productivity of trichiasis surgeons. METHODS A standardised, pretested questionnaire was posted to all trichiasis surgeons trained in Tanzania at the address listed at the time of training, and then followed up by post and telephone with those who did not return the form. Questions asked related to place of work, number of surg...
BACKGROUND In 2009, three years after stopping mass treatment with azithromycin, a trachoma impact survey in four health districts in the Kayes region of Mali found a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) among children aged 1 to 9 years of >5% and a trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence within the general population (≥1-year-old) of <1%. As a result, the government's nation...
Case IV.?S. B. ,admitted with trichiasis. Right eyelids very much thickened, and their margins covered with short bristly hairs. Some of the latter must have been for some time in contact with the cornea, for superficial corneitis and consider* able pannus were present, and vision much impaired in consequence. This condition existed in both eyes, but not so fa* advanced in the left. Operation f...
INTRODUCTION To prepare for global elimination of trachoma by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends mapping of trachoma at district-level to enable planning of elimination activities in affected populations. The aim of our study was to provide data on trachoma for each local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State, Nigeria, as such data were previously unavailable. METHOD As part...
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