Outcomes of high volume cataract surgeries in a developing country

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1079-1083

  Venkatesh, R ^b   Muralikrishnan, R ^c   Balent, Linda Civerchia ^a   Prakash, S Karthik ^c   Prajna, N Venkatesh ^b  

^a Eye Care and Surgery Center of Fort Lauderdale   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 24044533218     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.063479     Document Type: Review

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