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Training program for vitreoretinal surgery in Nairobi, Kenya from 2000 - 2006
(2008)
BACKGROUND:
After the U. S. Embassy bombing in 1998 in Nairobi, Kenya, a relief operation was immediately initiated by the Department of Ophthalmology of the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) Munich, Germany. Surgical ...
Impact of target lesion calcification on coronary stent expansion after rotational atherectomy
(1999)
Calcified lesions carry the risk of suboptimal stent expansion. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of target lesion calcification on intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) guided stent expansion after rotational ...
Ocular tumors in Africa.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
This paper is an analysis of 470 cases of oculo-orbital tumors in Kenya. The present series is compared with the major works conducted in other African and Western countries. We refer to age, sex and geographic characteristics ...
Bilateral congenital microblepharon with ectropion and microphthalmus
(University of Nairobi, 1981-11)
A very rare combination of congenital malformations of the eyelids and eyes in a 6-month-old boy is reported. The main symptoms are a bilateral microblepharon associated with ectropion and bilateral aphakic microphthalmus. ...
Epidemiological characteristics of microbiological results on patients with infectious corneal ulcers: a 13-year survey in Paraguay.
(2004)
BACKGROUND:
This is a retrospective, chart-reviewed study of patients diagnosed with infectious corneal ulcers at the Ophthalmology Department of the National University of Asunción in Paraguay. The microbiological culture ...
2.5 years survival with sequential ganciclovir/foscarnet treatment in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus retinitis.
(1992)
The case with the longest survival time (30 months) after the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus retinitis in a group of 53 patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus retinitis (median survival ...
Endophthalmitis. Importance of microbiologic studies for therapy and prognosis
(University of Nairobi, 1993-12)
The fast and precise identification of infectious agents and their characterization is of upmost importance for the diagnosis and therapy of infectious endophthalmitis. A preliminary estimate of the most probable predominant ...
Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia in an African family].
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983)
The authors report on a Kenyan family in which 4 of the 5 siblings were suffering from gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia. All the affected members of the family had myopia, hemeralopia, loss ...
Bilateral and unilateral mesodermal corneal metaplasia.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1983-05)
We report on 2 infants, one with a bilateral and the other with a unilateral corneal metaplasia. The first case with bilateral corneal metaplasia showed shortening of both upper and lower lids with formation of symblephara. ...
[Eye involvement in Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). 1996/1997 studies in Paraguay]
(1998)
Last year's pilot study, which examined for the first time a representative group of patients with Chagas disease, showed that in this parasitosis changes in the ocular fundus can be expected in the form of defects of the ...