The Sivaganga eye survey: II. Outcomes of cataract surgery

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 313-324

  Thulasiraj, R D ^a   Reddy, Aravind ^a   Selvaraj, S ^a   Munoz, Sergio R ^b   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Blindness; Cataract surgery; India; Population based study; Surgical complications; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RANDOMIZATION; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036903215     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.9.5.313.10339     Document Type: Article

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