Abstract: Color blindness, or color vision deficiency (CVD), is the inability or decreased ability to perceive color differences under normal lighting conditions. Human color vision is normally trichromatic i.e. the mixture of red, green, and blue lights. Impaired color vision, in the case of red-green color blindness, is genetically determined by X-linked recessive inheritance and thus occurs mainly in males. The general objective of the study is to estimate the frequency of Color Blindness...
Abstract Esophageal cancer is the third most common gastrointestinal malignancy and is among the 10 most prevalent cancers worldwide (Beasley P. 1997) . the main objective of this study to Assessment of Sub- mucosal Layer Spread of Esophageal Carcinoma using computed tomography . which done to the 35 patients with histologically confirmed esophageal carcinoma ,referred to Alamal Hospital and Alneleen Medical Center, for determine the accurate site and size of tumor for possible treatment from...
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the causes and management of blindness and blinding eye conditions as perceived by rural dwellers of two Yoruba communities in Oyo State, Nigeria. Methods: Four focus group discussions were conducted among residents of Iddo and Isale Oyo, two rural Yoruba communities in Oyo State, Nigeria. Participants consisted of sighted, those who were partially or totally blind and community leaders. Tenpatent medicine sellersand 12traditional...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) with beta-irradiation in the prevention of pterygium recurrence. Materials and methods: A retrospective non-randomised review of cases of fleshy prcrygium treated with bare scleral excision and adjuvant 5-FU were compared with similar morphologically appearing prcrvgiu, marched for age and sex, treated with bare scleral excision and adjuvant berairradiariou. All surgeries were carried our ar the university college hospital an...
ABSTRACT .19 patients from the Neuro-Ophthalmology clinic of the Western Infirmary, were found during a one year period, to have various types of vis ual field loss and on the basis of this were sent for CT Scanning. 12 out of the 19 patients had positive CT Scans, the other 7 had no demonstrable pathology on CT Scan.
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to enumerate the causes of removal of the eye in our community and find out ways of reducing this. 139 eyes were removed at the University College Hospital, lbadan, over a 5 year period between january 1989 and December 1993. Only 100 of the cases were available for inclusion in this. study. The age, sex, causes of removal of the eyes and final diagnosis were obtained. Most of the patients (64'10) were below the age of 30 years, the youngest being 3 weeks o...
Abstract Between April 1989 and December 1990,51 patients underwent cataract extractions with implantation of intraocu lar lenses. A preliminary report of encouraging results is given inspite of limitations of equipment for microsurgical procedures
Abstract The results of89 trabeculectomies performed on 56 patients under the age of30 years were reviewed. Data collected included age, sex, type or glaucoma, number of years of glaucoma before surgery, visual acuity, intraocular pressure, complications of surgery, presence of a filtering bleb and follow-up period. Complete success, denoted by a postoperative lOP of 21mmHg or less without medical therapy, occurred in 50 eyes (56.2%). Qualified success, in which lOP was 21mmHg or less with ad...
ABSTRACT SUMMARY Objective: To determine patients' perceptions abou t the quality of care and possible factors that q'lay prevent adequate utilization of services at the study centre and therefore make recommendations for improvement in service utilization. Materials and methods: A cross sectional survey of patients from the Eye Clinic and Eye Ward of the University College Hospital. Ibadan, was carried out using a standardized questionnaire between May and June 2001. Results: A total of fi...
ABSTRACT SUMMARY Aim: In .ctrospectivclv assess the outcome of trabecu lectcmv performed using an intraoperative sponge soaked 5-fluorouracil (50 mg/ ml). Methods: Trabeculcctornv with an intraoperative sponge soaked with 5-f1uorouracil (5-fU) was performed in 21 eyes of 1-+ patients. The reduction in in traocular press ure (lOP), com plications and va ria tions in visual acuity were noted. Results: The mean preoperative lOP was 31.5 ± 10.6 mmHg. The mean postoperative lOP was 7.3 ± 5.7m...