Visual outcomes for remote Australian Aboriginal people after cataract surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 68-74

  Hewitt, Alex ^a   Verma, Nitin ^a   Gruen, Russell ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Cataract; Remote populations; Surgery; Visual function; Visual outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS OPACITY;

EID: 0035040772     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2001.d01-5.x     Document Type: Article

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