This is a preliminary report on eleven serial eyes that had micro-trephination glaucoma surgery at University of Benin Teaching Hospital and DDS Eye Surgery, Benin City between January 1995 and December 1998. Out of these, seven eyes had successful intra-ocu1ar pressure reduction with average reduction ranging from 6mmHg to 17mmHg while four eyes had unsatisfactory intra-ocular pressure reduction with average being 2mmHg. The complications encountered were very minimal.

An eye care outreach programme to rural communities in Edo and Delta State of Nigeria was carried out in September 2001. The programme was aimed at taking eye care to the doorsteps of the less privileged rural dwellers as part of the preparatory activities for an annual congress. A total of 944 patients were screened and treated.

Two hundred and seventy-eight (278) consecutive cataract extractions, (Intracapsular and Extracapsular extraction) in 229 patients were carried out in a 30 months period (Jan. 1986-June 1988) at the University Of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City (UBTH), Nigeria 114 of these were carried out by Registrar and Senior Registrar grade ophthalmology Residents while the remaining 164 were by Consultant Ophthalmologists.