PURPOSE The aim of this study was to report the characteristics of angle closure glaucoma (ACG) in eye clinic patients of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 336 consecutive new glaucoma patients of all age groups who presented to the glaucoma clinic of UCH over a 1 year period between December 2009 and November 2010 were evaluated. Each patien...

Objective and Background: Knee osteoarthritis is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems that is associated with impaired balance. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of strengthening and balance on static stability indices in female with knee osteoarthritis. Materials and Methods:  In this randomized controlled single-blind clinical trial, 13 women with knee oste...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility and safety of enzymatic sclerostomy as a new modality to lower intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma. METHODS This single-center, prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series included 15 blind symptomatic eyes of 15 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. Enzymatic sclerostomy was performed with the patient under topical ...

PURPOSE To assess the prognosis of different types of glaucoma in relation to unilateral and bilateral blindness at a University Hospital. METHODS Charts of glaucomatous patients which presented complete data of clinical history, visual acuity, visual field, fundus examination and diagnosis were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were classified as: not blind, legally blind (best correcte...

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Evisceration and enucleation have been acceptable therapeutic modalities to treat not only severe ocular trauma but also various conditions, such as intraocular tumors, endophthalmitis, blind-painful-cosmetically disfiguring eyes, over the last two centuries. Clinical indications choices of procedure, whether or evisceration, vary among institutions, surgeon experience, severity structure loss....

purpose: to compare outcomes of two techniques (anwar vs. melles) of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: this randomized double-blind clinical trial was performed on 57 eyes of 57 patients with keratoconus. patients aged 20-35 years with a clinical diagnosis of keratoconus who were contact lens intolerant and had corrected distance visual acuity (cd...

With the exception of primates, most vertebrates have laterally placed eyes. Binocular vision in vertebrates has been implicated in several functions, including depth perception, contrast discrimination, etc. However, the blind area in front of the head that is proximal to the binocular visual field is often neglected. This anterior blind area is important when discussing the evolution of binoc...