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Uptake of Ocular Surgeries at Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, Nigeria
Abstract
Objective: To ascertain the number, types and frequencies of
ocular surgeries done at Ebonyi State University Teaching
Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, with a view to improving the
overall surgical uptake.
Methods: A retrospective review of ocular surgeries done at
EBSUTH between January 2003 and April 2008 was carried
out. Surgical records of all the eye surgeries done and all the
surgical diagnoses made were retrieved from the eye
operations register in the theatre and the eye clinic register
and analysed.
Result: A total of 353 surgeries were done within the period under
review. Of these, 312 (88.4%) with complete data were
entered for analysis. There were 183 male (58.7%) and 129
female (41.3%) patients who had surgery, with ages ranging
from 6 weeks to 90 years. An annual average of 58.8 surgeries
was done. The most common type of surgery done was
cataract surgery 147 (47.1%) of which extra capsular cataract
extraction with intraocular lens implant was performed in
121 patients (38.8%). Others were pterygium excision with
anti metabolite application in 58 patients (18.6%) and corneoscleral
repair in 29 patients (9.3%). The least performed eye
surgeries included incision and drainage of eyelid abscess,
1(0.3%), exenteration 2(0.6%); paracentesis oculi 2 (0.3%),
and tarsorrhaphy in 2 (0.6%) cases. Trabeculectomy was done
in 7( 2.2%) patients.
Conclusion: The yearly surgical uptake at EBSUTH was low and
cataract extraction was the most common ocular surgery
performed.
ocular surgeries done at Ebonyi State University Teaching
Hospital (EBSUTH), Abakaliki, with a view to improving the
overall surgical uptake.
Methods: A retrospective review of ocular surgeries done at
EBSUTH between January 2003 and April 2008 was carried
out. Surgical records of all the eye surgeries done and all the
surgical diagnoses made were retrieved from the eye
operations register in the theatre and the eye clinic register
and analysed.
Result: A total of 353 surgeries were done within the period under
review. Of these, 312 (88.4%) with complete data were
entered for analysis. There were 183 male (58.7%) and 129
female (41.3%) patients who had surgery, with ages ranging
from 6 weeks to 90 years. An annual average of 58.8 surgeries
was done. The most common type of surgery done was
cataract surgery 147 (47.1%) of which extra capsular cataract
extraction with intraocular lens implant was performed in
121 patients (38.8%). Others were pterygium excision with
anti metabolite application in 58 patients (18.6%) and corneoscleral
repair in 29 patients (9.3%). The least performed eye
surgeries included incision and drainage of eyelid abscess,
1(0.3%), exenteration 2(0.6%); paracentesis oculi 2 (0.3%),
and tarsorrhaphy in 2 (0.6%) cases. Trabeculectomy was done
in 7( 2.2%) patients.
Conclusion: The yearly surgical uptake at EBSUTH was low and
cataract extraction was the most common ocular surgery
performed.
