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Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa.

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Herndon, LW; Challa, P; Ababio-Danso, B; Boateng, JO; Broomer, B; Ridenhour, P; Allingham, RR
Published in: J Glaucoma
October 2002

PURPOSE: To report the various types of glaucoma among West African patients presenting to an eye clinic in Ghana. METHODS: A complete evaluation was performed in 198 consecutive Ghanaian glaucoma patients. Main outcome measures included intraocular pressure, visual acuity, gonioscopy findings, visual field, and total number of glaucoma medications. RESULTS: The most common form of glaucoma was primary open-angle glaucoma (44.2%). Open-angle glaucoma suspects also comprised a large percentage of the group (30.5%). Chronic angle-closure glaucoma was diagnosed in 6.6% of the patients. CONCLUSIONS: Primary open-angle glaucoma is the most common form of glaucoma being treated in this outpatient eye clinic in Ghana. Chronic angle-closure glaucoma was the second most common form of glaucoma in this series and was usually undiagnosed due to a lack of gonioscopic evaluation. Gonioscopy is an important diagnostic tool that should be promoted to guide more effective glaucoma treatment in this region. Pseudoexfoliation and pseudoexfoliation-associated glaucoma were not seen in this population.

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J Glaucoma

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ISSN

1057-0829

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

11

Issue

5

Start / End Page

421 / 425

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Fields
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Ophthalmology
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Gonioscopy
  • Glaucoma
 

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Herndon, L. W., Challa, P., Ababio-Danso, B., Boateng, J. O., Broomer, B., Ridenhour, P., & Allingham, R. R. (2002). Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa. J Glaucoma, 11(5), 421–425. https://doi.org/10.1097/00061198-200210000-00009
Herndon, Leon W., Pratap Challa, Ben Ababio-Danso, John O. Boateng, Bob Broomer, Philip Ridenhour, and R Rand Allingham. “Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa.J Glaucoma 11, no. 5 (October 2002): 421–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/00061198-200210000-00009.
Herndon LW, Challa P, Ababio-Danso B, Boateng JO, Broomer B, Ridenhour P, et al. Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa. J Glaucoma. 2002 Oct;11(5):421–5.
Herndon, Leon W., et al. “Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa.J Glaucoma, vol. 11, no. 5, Oct. 2002, pp. 421–25. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00061198-200210000-00009.
Herndon LW, Challa P, Ababio-Danso B, Boateng JO, Broomer B, Ridenhour P, Allingham RR. Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa. J Glaucoma. 2002 Oct;11(5):421–425.

Published In

J Glaucoma

DOI

ISSN

1057-0829

Publication Date

October 2002

Volume

11

Issue

5

Start / End Page

421 / 425

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Fields
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Ophthalmology
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Intraocular Pressure
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Gonioscopy
  • Glaucoma