Does prospective monitoring improve cataract surgery outcomes in Africa?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 543-547

  Yorston, David ^a   Gichuhi, S ^b   Wood, M ^c   Foster, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Kikuyu Eye Unit   (Kenya)

^c CCBRT Eye Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036242482     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.5.543     Document Type: Article

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