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Pars Plana Vitrectomy in a Patient with Severe Chronic Titubation
Emmanuel Olu Megbelayin1, Yewande Olubunmi Babalola2, Asiwome Seneadza3, Sunday Nnamdi Okonkwo4
1 University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria
2 Department of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria
3 Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Accra, Ghana
4 University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Emmanuel Olu Megbelayin
University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/njo.njo_11_22
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Surgeries on head and neck structures can be very challenging in individuals with titubation from any cause. Head tremor or titubation is a classic feature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Parkinsonism due to depletion of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. A literature search using keywords such as head tremor, titubation, PD, eye surgery was carried out in English in major databases archiving medical literature like Google Scholar, Hinari, Scopus, and PubMed. Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) was successfully carried out in a patient with titubation. A simple head support could ameliorate head tremors to enable performance of eye surgeries.
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