JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-04-01DOI: 10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555718
Justice Ablordey Akpabla
{"title":"Causes of Visual Impairment in the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana","authors":"Justice Ablordey Akpabla","doi":"10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555718","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To profile the causes of visual impairment in the Bolgatanga municipality. Method: A retrospective study was conducted at the Presbyterian Regional Eye Hospital in Bolgatanga, Upper East region from October 2017 through April 2018. New cases aged 6 years and above, were included in this study based on presenting distance visual acuity. The variables, presenting distance visual acuity, primary diagnosis, refractive error status and demographic data were obtained from patients’ records and analyzed using SPSS, Version16.2 (version 16.2, SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The data obtained were analyzed descriptively while a Chi-squared test was used to analyze the strengths of association between qualitative where P<0.05 denoted a statistical significance. Results: Out of the 4659 new cases reviewed, 1323 were included in the study giving an overall calculated prevalence of visual impairment of 28.4%. The mean age was 60.44±19.66 years. The prevalence rates of the different grades of visual impairment were found to be: 63.9% for moderate visual impairment (MVI), 4.9% for Severe Visual Impairment (SVI), and 28.9% for blindness. The leading causes of low vision were cataract, uncorrected refractive error, glaucoma, and corneal-related disorders while the main causes of blindness were cataract, glaucoma, and corneal-related disorders. Older age, unemployment, being a female (gender) and being a widow/widower (marital status) are the socio-demographic risk factors identified.","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43333869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-03-25DOI: 10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555717
K. Lu
{"title":"Moneyball in Ophthalmology: Historic Failures in Ophthalmology Innovations and How to Overcome them","authors":"K. Lu","doi":"10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555717","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41610127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-03-01DOI: 10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555716
Hakika Erdoğan
{"title":"Dry Eye: A Variable in Ocular Allergy Treatment","authors":"Hakika Erdoğan","doi":"10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555716","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Ocular allergy is an ocular surface disease deteriorates the patient’s quality of life. This situation continues and repeats inflammation via allergen contacts. Inflammation disrupted the tear film instability and may lead to dry eye. The aim of our study is to investigate concurrently appearing signs and symptoms of dry eye in a group of patients with symptomatic allergic conjunctivitis. Methods: To be evaluated 141 patients with ocular allergy and 138 patient without ocular allergy in terms of dry eye symptoms and signs by Oxford scheme, OSDI scores, Break up time (BUT) and Schirmer test. Result: There was a statistically significant difference was detected between the dry eye scores of the two groups. Conclusion: It may be related that ocular allergy and dry eye. Because of this relation, patients have ocular allergy evaluated in terms of dry eye simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42222437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-02-22DOI: 10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555724
Jella A. An
{"title":"Biostatistics 101: Perspective on Statistics in Ophthalmology","authors":"Jella A. An","doi":"10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555724","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43033316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-01-18DOI: 10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555710
H. A. G. de Medeiros, F. B. Medeiros, Paulo Bernardo F Rebelo, Francisco Porfirio Neto
{"title":"Results of Scharioth Macular Lens Implant in 10 Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Uncontrolled Clinical Trial","authors":"H. A. G. de Medeiros, F. B. Medeiros, Paulo Bernardo F Rebelo, Francisco Porfirio Neto","doi":"10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/jojo.2019.07.555710","url":null,"abstract":"Ten pseudophakic patients with DMRI were submitted to the implantation of intraocular SML in the dominant eye in the period of December of 2017 to the March of 2018. All the patients had answered the Low-Vision Quality of Life Questionaire (LVQOLQ) before and after the surgery, with interval of 30 days.","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45468284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2019-01-04DOI: 10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555709
A. Elnahry
{"title":"Posterior Segment Manifestations of Pathological Myopia: A Review","authors":"A. Elnahry","doi":"10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/JOJO.2019.07.555709","url":null,"abstract":"Pathological myopia is a major cause of blindness worldwide that is becoming increasingly more prevalent in many countries of the world including Egypt [1,2]. Its exact cause is unknown; however, multiple genetic and environmental factors are thought to play a role in its complex pathogenesis [3]. The hallmark of pathological myopia is excessive and progressive axial length elongation which leads to degenerative changes in the sclera, choroid, and retinal pigment epithelium and compromises visual function [4,5]. Clinically, these changes include tessellated fundus, lacquer cracks, atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and choroid, choroidal neovascular membrane, posterior staphyloma, Fuchs’ spot, macular hole, foveoschisis, retinal breaks and detachments, and peripheral retinal lesions [6]. The effect of these manifestations on the visual performance of patients with pathological myopia can be substantial which emphasizes the value of the correct diagnosis and management of these complications. In this article, we review the clinical and morphological characteristics of the various posterior segment manifestations that can occur in pathological myopia as well as the value of multimodal imaging in the diagnosis and management of these manifestations.","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45038513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOJ ophthalmologyPub Date : 2018-09-24DOI: 10.19080/JOJO.2018.07.555708
M. Romano
{"title":"A Combined Therapy: Anti-Vegf Ocrioplasmin IVT in a Patient with Simultaneous CNV and Vitreomacular Traction","authors":"M. Romano","doi":"10.19080/JOJO.2018.07.555708","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19080/JOJO.2018.07.555708","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91023,"journal":{"name":"JOJ ophthalmology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49434438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}