Niger J Clin Pract
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Review
Visual outcome following posterior capsule rupture during manual small incision cataract surgery.
The quality of cataract surgery can be measured by visual outcome, which is sometimes limited by intraoperative complications, most commonly posterior capsular rupture. ⋯ PCR significantly affects the visual outcome of cataract patients in settings with no facilities for automated vitrectomy. Minimizing complications will improve visual outcome of cataract patients and increase uptake of cataract surgical services.
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The high maternal death burden in developing countries when compared to the developed could be attributed to differences in use of antenatal and skilled delivery care. ⋯ Utilization of antenatal and delivery services in health facilities in study area was high but there is room for improvement. There is need to plan specific interventions aimed at improving utilization of maternal health services by some groups like urban poor and unmarried mothers, especially teenagers. Emphasis should also be placed on improving community understanding of danger signs of pregnancy.
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a commonly occurring disorder of movement and posture that starts in early childhood. It is accompanied by other disturbances including hearing loss which has been shown to worsen the quality of life of the patients due to problems associated with speech and language acquisition. Several factors are responsible for developing hearing loss in CP. ⋯ Hearing impairment is common among children with CP. Several factors are associated with the development of hearing loss among children with CP. However, only presence of comorbidities was found to be a significant determinant of hearing loss among children with CP.
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The aim of this study was to identify C. parapsilosis complex strains isolated from various clinical samples by sequence analysis and to investigate whether there are any differences between the species in terms of virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility. ⋯ It has been concluded that the use of molecular methods to identify CpSS would not be effective in routine laboratory practices as it is the most commonly isolated species from the C. parapsilosis complex and there are no significant differences between species in terms of antifungal susceptibility.
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To investigate the distribution, characteristics, and association with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) of aneurysms identified in Turkish adult patients with computed tomography angiography (CTA) performed with suspicion of intracranial aneurysms and/or SAH. ⋯ The general properties of intracranial aneurysms investigated with CTA in Turkish adults had similarities to information defined in the literature. These results will likely be beneficial to direct approaches to aneurysm diagnosis and treatment in routine practice.