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  • Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria
    Vol. 10 No. 1 (2025)

    Editorial Comments

    It is with great pleasure that we present the proceedings of the 49th Scientific Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria in this 10th edition of the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. The conference took place between the 27th and 29th of August, 2025 at the The Afficient Event Centre, Nasarawa GRA, Kano, Kano State.

    The meeting brought together specialists and subspecialists in ophthalmology from various parts of Nigeria and other countries, and provided a unique opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with colleagues. The theme of the Conference was “Ophthalmic Education and Training”. The sub-theme was “Simulation Based Ophthalmic Surgical Training: The Role of International Collaboration in Ophthalmology”.

    In line with the major objective of the Journal, this edition features peer-reviewed abstracts of the presentations that were made during the 2025 conference of the OSN. These short articles are outputs of various research projects carried out by ophthalmologists of different sub-specialities from various public and private institutions in the country and abroad. They cut across various subspecialties including Glaucoma, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, Retina & Vitreous, Community Ophthalmology, Cornea & Anterior Segment as well as Orbit & Oculoplasty.

    Also included in this edition are four review articles, which are based on presentations made during some of the plenary sessions that took place during the conference. One of these review articles is the text of the President’s lecture which was delivered by Dr. Babar M. Qureshi. In addition,  there are two review articles based on the presentations delivered during special symposia at the conference,  while the fourth review article is based on a presentation delivered during one of the breakfast sessions.

    In addition, this edition features four original research articles. One of these articles is the text of the Council lecture delivered by Dr. Zainab Mazai. We solicit more full-length manuscripts from members of the Society for publication in subsequent issues of the Journal. Such submissions can be made at the Journal’s website: “https://tosn.org.ng/”. Members are also welcome to view previous volumes of the Journal and register as reviewers on the website.

    Following the approval at the last annual general meeting of the Society, this and the subsequent issues of the Journal would be published only in electronic format (i.e. online publication only).

    We hope that the contents of this edition will be a significant addition to the body of knowledge in Ophthalmology, which should translate to improved diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders in the country and beyond. A number of the articles featured in this issue are useful as templates for better patient management and further research, in addition to being evidence for advocacy to policymakers.

    The contributions of the various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly in making this issue a reality are well appreciated. Notable amongst them are the OSN executive council, the Editorial board, our publishing consultant and the authors, who have also been charged a moderate publication fee to partly offset the cost of production of this edition.

     

    Thank you.

    Editorial Team

  • Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria
    Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

    Editorial Comments

    It is with great pleasure that we present the proceedings of the 48th Scientific Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria in this ninth edition of the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. The conference took place between the 4th and 6th of September, 2024 at the Amadeo Events Centre, Enugu, Enugu State.

    The meeting brought together specialists and subspecialists in ophthalmology from various parts of Nigeria and other countries, and provided a unique opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with colleagues. The theme of the Conference was “The evolving face of Ophthalmology: implications for education, practice and research”. The sub-themes were “Rethinking Glaucoma screening and beyond” and “2030 in sight: the future of global eye health”.

    In line with the major objective of the journal, this edition features peer-reviewed abstracts of the presentations that were made during the 2024 conference of the OSN. These short articles are outputs of various research projects carried out by ophthalmologists of different sub-specialities from various public and private institutions in the country and abroad. They cut across various subspecialties including Glaucoma, Retina & Vitreous, Community Ophthalmology, Cornea & Anterior Segment as well as Orbit & Oculoplasty.

    In addition, this edition features four full-length articles, comprising two original research articles and two case reports. These are full-length manuscripts from four different presentations made during the conference. We solicit more full-length manuscripts from members of the Society for publication in subsequent issues of the journal. Such submissions can be made at the journal’s website: “https://tosn.org.ng/”. Members are also welcome to view previous editions of the journal and register as reviewers on the website.

    Also included in this edition are four review articles, which are based on presentations made during some of the plenary sessions that took place during the conference. One of these review articles is an abbreviated version of the text of the President’s lecture which was delivered by Dr. John Sandford-Smith. In addition,  there are two review articles based on the presentations delivered during the sub-theme symposium on “2030 in Sight”, by Drs. Oteri Okolo and Onyinye Onyia, respectively. The fourth review article is based on a presentation by Dr. Ian Murdoch during the Breakfast symposium on “Raising the next generation of surgeons: mentor-mentee relationships”.

    We hope that the contents of this edition will be a significant addition to the body of knowledge in Ophthalmology, which should translate to improved diagnosis and management of ophthalmic disorders in the country and beyond. A number of the articles featured in this issue are useful as templates for better patient management and further research, in addition to being evidence for advocacy to policymakers.

    The contributions of the various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly in making this issue a reality are well appreciated. Notable amongst them are the OSN executive council, the Editorial board, our publishing consultant and the authors, who have also been charged a moderate publication fee to partly offset the high cost of production of this edition.

     

    Thank you.

    Editorial Team

  • Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria
    Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

    Editorial Comments

    It is with great pleasure that we present the proceedings of the 47th Scientific Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria in this eighth edition of the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. The conference took place between the 30th of August and 1st of September, 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State.

    The meeting brought together specialists and subspecialists in ophthalmology from various parts of Nigeria and beyond; and provided a unique opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with colleagues. The theme of the Conference was “Improving access to quality eye care”. The sub-themes were “Sustainable school eye health programmes” and “Corneal donation and eye banking”.

    In line with the major objective of the journal, this edition features peer-reviewed abstracts of the presentations that were made during the 2023 conference of the OSN. These short articles are outputs of various research projects carried out by ophthalmologists of different sub-specialities from various public and private institutions in the country and abroad. They cut across the various subspecialties including Glaucoma, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, Retina &Vitreous, Community Ophthalmology, Cornea & Anterior Segment as well as Orbit & Oculoplasty.

    In addition, there are four original articles in this edition. These are full-length manuscripts from some of the presentations made during the conference. We solicit more full length manuscripts from members of the Society for publication in subsequent issues of the journal. Such submissions can be made at the journal’s website: “https://tosn.org.ng/”. Members are also welcome to view previous editions of the journal and register as reviewers on the website.

    Also included in this edition are three review articles which are based on presentations made during some of the plenary sessions that took place during the conference. One of these review articles is the text of the Okechukwu lecture which was delivered by Dr. Navneet Toshniwal. While the others are based on the presentations delivered during the Breakfast symposium on Retinopathy of Prematurity by Prof. Adedayo Adio and Dr. Rilwan Muhammad, respectively.

    We are optimistic that the contents of this edition will be a significant addition to the body of  knowledge in Ophthalmology which should translate to better ways of managing ophthalmic disorders in the Nigerian population. Majority of the articles presented here can comfortably be used as templates for better patient management and further research in addition to being evidence for advocacy to policy makers.

    The contributions of the various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly in making this issue a reality are well appreciated. Notable amongst them are the OSN executive council, the Editorial board, our publishing consultant and the authors, who have also been charged a moderate publication fee to partly offset the high cost of production of this edition.

     

    Thank you.

    Editorial Team

  • Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria
    Vol. 7 No. 1 (2022)

    It is with great pleasure that we present the proceedings of the 46th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the OSN in this seventh edition of the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. The conference took place between the 31st of August and 2nd of September, 2022 at the Best Western Home Ville Hotel, Benin, Edo State.

    The meeting brought together specialists and subspecialists in ophthalmology from various parts of Nigeria and beyond; and provided a unique opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with colleagues. The theme of the Conference was “Building sustainable eye health systems”. The sub theme was “Equity in eye care”.

    In line with the major objective of the journal, this edition features peer-reviewed abstracts of the presentations that were made during the 2022 conference of the OSN. These short articles are outputs of various research projects carried out by ophthalmologists of different sub-specialities from various public and private institutions in the country and abroad. They cut across the various subspecialties including Glaucoma, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, Retina &Vitreous, Community Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Cornea & Anterior Segment as well as Orbit & Oculoplasty.

    Also included in this edition are four full length articles, two of which are the texts of the named lectures that were delivered during the conference. The first full article is the text of the President’s  lecture which was eruditely delivered by Dr. P.K. Rani of the LV Prasad Eye Institute in India, while the second full length article is the text of the Council lecture delivered by Dr. Abdulrazak MomohJimoh. The 3rd article is the text of the keynote presentation by Prof. O.E Babalola during the theme symposium of the conference, while the 4th article is the text of a symposium presentation by Dr. Gloria Patrick-Ferife. We solicit more full length manuscripts from members of the Society for publication in subsequent issues of the journal. In line with this, we are pleased to announce the launch of the journal’s website: “https://tosn.org.ng/”. Members are welcome to submit manuscripts, view previous editions of the journal and register as reviewers at the website.

    We are optimistic that the contents of this edition will be a significant addition to the body of  knowledge in Ophthalmology which should translate to better ways of managing ophthalmic disorders in the Nigerian population. Majority of the articles presented here can comfortably be used as templates for better patient management and further research in addition to being evidence for advocacy to policy makers.

    The contributions of the various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly in making this issue a reality are well appreciated. Notable amongst them are the OSN executive council, the Editorial board, our publishing consultant and the authors, who have also been charged a moderate publication fee to partly offset the high cost of publication.

     

    Thank you.

    Editorial Team

  • Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria
    Vol. 6 No. 1 (2021)

    The Editorial Board is pleased to present the proceedings of the 45th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria (OSN) in this sixth edition of the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria. The Conference took place between the 1st and 3rd of September, 2021 at the M & M Events Centre, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

    Specialists and subspecialists in ophthalmology from within and outside Nigeria converged at Ilorin during the Conference. The meeting provided a unique opportunity for ophthalmologists at different levels of training to interact and share ideas with colleagues. The theme of the Conference was “People-centred Eye Care”. The sub themes were “Enhancing training and practice through technology” and “Vision care for the vulnerable groups”.

    In line with the major objective of the Journal, this edition features peer-reviewed abstracts of the presentations that were made during the 2021 Conference of the OSN. These short articles are outputs of various research projects carried out by ophthalmologists of different sub-specialities from various public and private institutions in the country and abroad. They cut across the various subspecialties including Retina and Vitreous, Glaucoma, Paediatric Ophthalmology, Community Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Cornea and Anterior Segment as well as Orbit and Oculoplasty.

    Also included in this edition are two full length articles, both of which are based on named lectures that were delivered during the Conference. The first full article is based on the Okechukwu lecture which was eruditely delivered by Prof. E. Babalola, while the second article is based on the President’s lecture and is authored by Prof. A.W.O. Olatinwo, a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Immediate Past Chief Medical Director, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin. The inclusion of these two articles is in furtherance of the drive of the Editorial Board to publish full length articles in addition to the refereed conference proceedings.

    In this regard, we solicit more full length manuscripts from members of the Society for publication in subsequent issues of the Journal.

    We hope that this volume will be a significant addition to the body of knowledge generated by research conducted locally and which should translate to better methods for managing ocular conditions in our various communities. Many of the articles presented here can comfortably be used as templates for better patient management  and further research in addition to being evidence for advocacy to policy makers.

    The contributions of the various individuals and groups that worked tirelessly in making this issue a reality are well appreciated. Notable amongst them are the OSN executive council, the NJO crew, the representatives of subspecialties on the Editorial board, our publishing consultant and the authors, who have also been charged a minimal publication fee to partly offset the high cost of publication.

    Thank you.

    Editorial Team

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