Surgical eye removal in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Awe, Oluwaseun Olaniyi; Adeoye, AO; Onakpoya, Oluwatoyin Helen

doi:10.4103/0189-9171.179919

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“…166 in other studies 1,4,13,14. Unlike our study, another study from Nepal by Pandey et al, reported that the commonest age group for DES was 61-70 years 4.…”

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Indications for destructive eye surgeries at tertiary care hospital, eastern Nepal: A five years experience

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“…166 in other studies 1,4,13,14. Unlike our study, another study from Nepal by Pandey et al, reported that the commonest age group for DES was 61-70 years 4.…”

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Indications for destructive eye surgeries at tertiary care hospital, eastern Nepal: A five years experience

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“…From the above findings, there appears to be no particular pattern to indications for destructive eye surgeries with respect to the different geopolitical zones in the country. However, studies in developed countries have found painful blind eye and ocular neoplasm as the commonest indications to eye removal unlike in developing countries like ours where infective and traumatic causes are the leading indications for destructive eye surgeries [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

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Indications for destructive eye surgeries in a state tertiary hospital in Enugu: a 10-year retrospective study

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N. M,

N. N

2023

JSPC

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Destructive eye surgeries lead to permanent loss of eye and ultimately vision. The aim of this study was to find out the indications for destructive eye surgeries in a tertiary hospital in Enugu. It was a 10-year retrospective study. Patients’ folders were retrieved and necessary information was extracted from them. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 21. A total of 65 patients were studied within the period. Male to female ratio was 1.1:1. Mean age was 52.86 ± 23.73. Adults were involved more than children. The commonest indication for destructive surgeries was infective causes (40%) followed by traumatic causes (30.8%). The commonest type of destructive surgery was evisceration (90.8%). The commonest indications for destructive eye surgeries are preventable. Thus, there is a need to educate the masses on eye health to avoid practices that may lead to eye removal.

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“…More than two-thirds of the blind eyes required surgical treatments of which more than half were eye enucleations or eviscerations. Trauma is the main indication of eye removal surgeries in both northern 14 and southern 15 Nigeria. However, in developed countries, the indication for most surgical eye removal procedure was unsalvageable eyes with orbito-ocular tumours.…”

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Epidemiology of Blindness From Facial Trauma: A Multi-Centre Nigerian Study

Famurewa

Oginni

Adewara

et al. 2021

Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction

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Study Design This is a multi-centre retrospective study. Objective To determine the prevalence of blindness and pattern of facial trauma associated with blindness among Nigerians. Methods A multi-centre retrospective study of all patients with facial trauma resulting in blindness, that were co-managed by maxillofacial surgeons and ophthalmologists in 4 Nigerian public tertiary hospitals between January 2010 and December 2019 was undertaken. Data was analysed by IBM SPSS Statistics (version 21.0 for windows, IBM© Inc, Chicago, IL). Results Of 2070 patients who presented with major facial injuries during the study period, 61 eyes of 56 (2.7%) patients were blind. Blindness was bilateral and unilateral in 5 (8.9%) and 51 (92.1%) patients, respectively. The mean age (SD) at presentation was 36.2 (16.6) years, and 47 (83.9%) of these patients were males. Road traffic accident (n = 27; 48%) was the commonest mechanism of facial trauma, the cheek (n = 18; 40.9%) was the commonest site of associated soft tissue injury and zygomatic complex fracture (n = 19; 24.1%) was the commonest related fracture. Globe rupture (n = 34; 55.7%) was the leading cause of blindness. Enucleation (n = 7; 13.2%) and evisceration (n = 22; 41.5%) were performed on 29 eyes of which 12 (41.4%) patients had ocular prosthesis post-operatively. Conclusion Blindness was recorded in 2.7% of Nigerians with facial trauma. The commonest mechanism of trauma and cause of blindness in at least one eye were road traffic accident and globe rupture, respectively. Eye removal surgery was necessary in about half of the blind eyes.

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Surgical eye removal in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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Indications for destructive eye surgeries at tertiary care hospital, eastern Nepal: A five years experience

Indications for destructive eye surgeries at tertiary care hospital, eastern Nepal: A five years experience

Indications for destructive eye surgeries in a state tertiary hospital in Enugu: a 10-year retrospective study

Epidemiology of Blindness From Facial Trauma: A Multi-Centre Nigerian Study

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