Visual outcomes and astigmatism after sutureless, manual cataract extraction in rural China: Study of Cataract Outcomes and Up-Take of Services (SCOUTS) in the caring is hip project, report 1

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1539-1544

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b,d   Congdon, Nathan G ^a,b   Rao, Srinivas K ^a,b   Fan, Hoi ^a   Liu, Yingpeng ^b   Zhang, Lishan ^c   Lin, Xiaofang ^c   Choi, Kai ^a   Zheng, Zhongren ^a   Huang, Wenzhong ^c   Zhou, Zhongxia ^b   Pang, Chi Pui ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Shantou University Medical College   (China)

^c Sanrao Village Hospital   (China)

^d SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RURAL POPULATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36148996806     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.11.eeb70013     Document Type: Article

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