Depression is emerging to be one of the commonest mental health disorders worldwide affecting a wide age group. The prescription of antidepressants has risen considerably in last decade with a preference for using newer antidepressants like Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330107
Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a multifactorial chronic optic neuropathy, characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), leading to structural damage to the optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), with visual field defects. It is occa...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330106
Aim: To determine the magnitude of presbyopia and the effect of uncorrected presbyopia on vision-related quality of life in Calabar South, Nigeria. Study Design: A community-based, descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Calabar South Local Government Area...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330105
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the intrastromal route of antifungal drugs in treatment of fungal keratitis. Study Design: Prospective non-controlled (single arm) interventional clinical study Place and Duration of Study: Ophthalmology Department, Assiut Univer...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230104
Primary Health Centres in Nigeria and particularly Ogun state have suffered serious neglect over the years. A private / public partnership together with private health /education partnership have strengthened government health systems, developing a sustainable model for delivery...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230103
Background: Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in children, and remains the most curable of all childhood cancers in the developed world. However, ocular and patient survival rates have remained very low in resource limited countries, where more than...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230102
Aims: To assess the demographic characteristics and referral pattern of patients with glaucoma presenting at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Study Design: A hospital-based cross- sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The Ophthalmology department, Unive...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230101
Aim of the Study: To compare High Volume with Low Volume Cataract Surgery Outcomes in a tertiary eye care hospital in Garhwal Himalayan Region, over a 30-day period, in terms of Quality as gauged in terms of Intra-operative complications and their management and Post-operative co...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i230100
Aim: To determine the relationship between visual status of commercial motor vehicle drivers and road traffic accidents (RTA) in an urban area of Niger Delta, Nigeria. Methods: Four hundred commercial vehicle drivers in the 10 major motor parks of Port Harcourt LGA were interview...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i130099
Aims: To evaluate changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) and anterior chamber depth (ACD) after uneventful phacoemulsification with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Study Design: Prospective interventional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmo...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i130098
Objective: To determine the pattern of eye disorders among Nigerian Niger Delta region residents as a basis for preventive ophthalmology. Methodology: This study was a retrospective study involving an eleven-year cumulative review of clinical records from the Ophthalmology Clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i130097
Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of the trabeculectomy in controlling intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle and pseudo-exfoliation glaucoma. Materials and Methods: The medical data of a sum of 69 eyes of which 36 (52,2%) with primary...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i130096
Aim: To determine the pattern of ocular disorders in persons with albinism and how they affect visual function. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over a five-month period on persons living with albinism in Southern Nigeria. The study participants wer...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i130095
Bacteria are the major contributor of ocular infections worldwide. This can damage the structures of the eye with possible blindness and visual impairments, if left untreated. This study was undertaken to determine bacterial agents of conjunctivitis among individuals from oncho...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2018/v9i430094
Aims: To give normative databases of each retinal layers on OCT images in the healthy Caucasian population in Turkey and investigate the relevance of the data with factors such as age, gender, axial length and refraction. Study Design: Prospective, cross sectional, descriptive st...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2018/v9i430092