Pattern and outcome of conjunctival surgeries in jos university teaching hospital, Jos, Nigeria

Odugbo, Ojo Perpetua; Wade, Patricia; Obikili, George Amechi; Alada, Joel; Mpyet, CD

doi:10.4103/0189-9171.179917

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“…An estimated 285 million people are visually impaired globally and 39 million are blind. Of these, 60% are attributable to surgical causes [4] mostly operable cataracts; either lack of access to surgery which could be due to poverty, not having anyone to take the patient to a distant location or poor surgical procedure outcomes.…”

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Pattern of Ophthalmic Procedures Performed at a New Peripheral Eye Clinic in a Semi-urban Area in Port Harcourt, Nigeria - A 5 Year Review

Chukwuka

Awoyesuku

2020

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Aim: A number of ophthalmic procedures are essential in the management of ocular disorders and are an integral part of ophthalmic practice all over the world. As different therapeutic methods evolve, some ophthalmic procedures have become outdated and some have been modified or replaced by various forms of laser therapy, leading to an increase in uptake of ophthalmic procedures in this country. Also though our patients still prefer non-surgical therapy, when surgery is performed, the results are much improved leading to greater patient satisfaction. This is a result of the use of more sophisticated and expensive surgical equipment and better surgical techniques. The ophthalmic procedures analyzed here were carried out in a general ophthalmic clinic without any subspecialty affiliation. Methodology: This is a retrospective review of ophthalmic procedures carried out in a specialist facility over a five year period. Information on age, sex and type of ocular procedure was retrieved from case notes of patients and entered into excel sheets. Data was exported from excel sheets for statistical analysis. Results: A total of 111 patients had Ophthalmic procedures over the 5 –year period under review with a mean age of 56.7±18.5 years and age range from 7 to 89 years. Sixty-three of the patients (56.8%) were males while forty-eight (43.2%) were females (M:F = 4:3). The commonest ophthalmic procedure carried out was cataract extraction which accounted for 48.6% of cases followed by yag laser capsulotomy (19.8%) and pterygium excision (18%). No surgical or laser procedures for glaucoma were performed during this period. Conclusion: Ophthalmic procedures are a very important mode of treatment of eye disorders. The most common procedure performed in our study was cataract extraction and more males than females underwent both cataract surgery and pterygium excision while more females had laser capsulotomy.

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Pattern of Ophthalmic Procedures Performed at a New Peripheral Eye Clinic in a Semi-urban Area in Port Harcourt, Nigeria - A 5 Year Review

Chukwuka

Awoyesuku

2020

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Morphological spectrum of excised conjunctival lesions in a tertiary hospital in North-Western Nigeria

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Habib

Muhammad

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Niger J Basic Clin Sci

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Histological Outcome of Conjunctival Lesions at a Tertiary Hospital in North East Nigeria

Umar,

Sulaiman,

Musa

2024

Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the relative frequency of histologically diagnosed conjunctival lesions at a tertiary hospital over a 12-month period. Methods: It was a prospective study in which all patients who presented to the ophthalmology clinic with suspicious conjunctival lesions between January and December 2022 were recruited. Data recorded were age, sex, duration of the growth and the affected eye. All the patients underwent basic ocular examination and an examination of the growth to document its site and size. Lesions were excised in the operating theatre under anaesthesia. The excised tissue was preserved in a formalin bottle and sent for histology. Data were entered into Excel and analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: A total of 73 eyes were recruited during the period of study. There were 41 males (56.2%) with M:F ratio of 1.3:1. Mean age was 38.44 ± 19.07 years with a range of 2–77 years. Forty patients (54.8%) presented with lesions in the right eye and 33 (45.2%) in the left eye. Fifteen types of conjunctival lesions were diagnosed, including pterygium 37%, conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia 2.7%, melanoma 2.7%, ocular surface squamous neoplasia 4.1% and squamous cell carcinoma 4.1%, respectively. Conclusion: Pterygium was the most common benign lesion in this study. When conjunctival lesions appear suspicious, it is of utmost importance for the surgeons to differentiate between benign, premalignant and malignant lesions as this may aid in prompt patient management as well as better outcomes.

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Pattern and outcome of conjunctival surgeries in jos university teaching hospital, Jos, Nigeria

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Pattern of Ophthalmic Procedures Performed at a New Peripheral Eye Clinic in a Semi-urban Area in Port Harcourt, Nigeria - A 5 Year Review

Pattern of Ophthalmic Procedures Performed at a New Peripheral Eye Clinic in a Semi-urban Area in Port Harcourt, Nigeria - A 5 Year Review

Morphological spectrum of excised conjunctival lesions in a tertiary hospital in North-Western Nigeria

Histological Outcome of Conjunctival Lesions at a Tertiary Hospital in North East Nigeria

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