OBJECTIVE To evaluate the baseline visual outcome of cataract surgeries and improve on these towards achieving one of the objectives of vision 2020. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING Hospital-based, utilizing 3 eye centres in Osun State, Nigeria between January 2000 and December 2002. METHODS Records of 283 hospital-elective-cataract-surgeries only of all ages in 3 centres were evalua...

AIM To evaluate long term visual outcome of treatment for amblyopia. METHODS In a previous study, 44 children with unilateral amblyopia caused by strabismus or anisometropia were enrolled in a prospective study investigating the results of treatment. All children were regularly examined up to at least 8 years of age and outcome was evaluated. All subjects were invited to a re-examination and ...

Background: Cystoid Macular Edema (CME) is one of the most common and sight threatening complications of uveitis. Intravitreal injection of corticosteroids and anti-VEGF antibody are two routine options for treatment. Objective: To compare the effects of intravitreal injections of Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Acetonide for the treatment of persistent macular edema in non-infectious uveitis. Me...

AIM To identify which factors influence the final visual acuity in children with anisometropic amblyopia. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 112 children with anisometropic amblyopia, identified from examining all case notes of children who had failed preschool or school screening. RESULTS The age at presentation had no effect on the final visual outcome (p=0.804). Both the degree of refra...

although uncommon, traumatic optic neuropathy (ton) is an important cause of visual loss. different therapeutic approaches including different dosages of steroids, surgical decompression of optic canal and observation alone have been suggested but there has been no conclusive evidence to establish a standard approach to this devastating cause of visual loss. to determine the effectiveness of in...

purpose: to evaluate visual outcomes after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: in this interventional case series, patients with moderate to advanced keratoconus underwent dalk. inclusion criteria consisted of contact lens intolerance or poor spectacle-corrected visual acuity. dalk was performed using the big-bubble technique introduced by anwar and...

AIMS To assess the long term functional and structural outcomes of premature babies who received diode laser photocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODS 25 patients (43 eyes) treated with laser were recalled for assessment at a mean follow up of 11 years. A further seven patients (14 eyes) with subthreshold ROP, which had regressed spontaneously without laser trea...