The importance of biometry to cataract outcomes in a surgical unit in Africa

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 196-202

  Briesen, Sebastian ^a,b   Roberts, Helen ^b   Lewallen, Susan ^c  

^a Dardenne Eye Clinic   (Germany)

^b Kwale District Eye Centre   (Kenya)

^c Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Biometry; Cataract; Outcome; Refraction

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KENYA; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; SKILL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954844705     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.498662     Document Type: Article

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