Glaucoma disease patterns at a tertiary training hospital

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the occurrence of the various types of glaucoma seen at the Ophthalmology Department of a tertiary training hospital. Methodology: Descriptive study based on the medical records available at the glaucoma clinic of a tertiary training hospital from January 1999 to August 2000 Results: 310 medical records were reviewed of which 34.84 percent were of males and 65.16 percent females. 84 percent of the patients were older than 40 years old. 54.83 percent of the patients had primary glaucomas of which primary angle closure (34.83 percent) was the most common followed by the open angle type (20 percent). 12.58 percent of the patients had secondary glaucomas Conclusion: The predominant form of glaucoma in the region remains to be primary angle closure and this has been demonstrated in this present study.