Cataract surgical outcome and predictors of outcome in lumbini zone and chitwan district of nepal

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Kandel, Ram Prasad ^a   Sapkota, Yuddha Dhoj ^b   Sherchan, Anil ^c   Sharma, Manoj Kumar ^c   Aghajanian, Jaafar ^d   Bassett, Ken L ^d  

^a Seva Nepal   (Nepal)

^b Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^c Lumbini Eye Institute   (Nepal)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Nepal; Population based survey; Predictors of outcome; Visual acuity outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77957319893     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.508355     Document Type: Article

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