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A retrospective study of 397 patients with chronic glaucoma in North-East Ghana seen in 1986/87 showed 71% of the patients to be male and 26% to be aged under 40 years. Fifty two per cent of eyes were already blind (V/A less than 3/60) at presentation. Blindness was associated with younger age at presentation, and greater distance of residence from the hospital.
Only 19% of patients undergoing treatment were attending for follow-up at six months. Of those patients treated medically who returned for follow-up at six months only 17% had an intraocular pressure less than 22 mmHg. While of the patients treated surgically 84% of those seen at six months had an IOP below 22 mmHg.
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Verrey, J., Foster, A., Wormald, R. et al. Chronic glaucoma in Northern Ghana—A retrospective study of 397 patients. Eye 4, 115–120 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1990.14
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