Ndoye P A, Ngom A, Ndiaye C S, Ba E A, Ndiaye P A, Ndiaye M R, Wade A
Clinique ophtalmologique du CHU Le Dantec-BP 5321 Dakar-Sénégal.
Rev Int Trach Pathol Ocul Trop Subtrop Sante Publique. 1997;74:97-106.
In Senegal as well as others developing countries trachoma is a real public health problem. Entropion trichiasis is its most common and its most blinding complication. The authors made a retrospective study on 137 records of patients who underwent 199 surgical cures on a two years period. Epidemiologically, the average age is 49 years with a significative higher percentage of woman. Clinically, 51.5% of the patients had already complications, mostly on the cornea. The Trabut technique was the most used and its results was good in 82.4% cases. The authors underlined the duality of entropion trichiasis characterized by the ocular morbidity linked to the corneal damages and the simplicity of the surgical treatment which present definite advantages. Meanwhile they remind that the best treatment of the entropion trichiasis remains the prophylaxy of trachoma.
