Surgery versus epilation for the treatment of minor trichiasis in Ethiopia: A randomised controlled noninferiority trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Rajak, Saul N ^a   Habtamu, Esmael ^b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Kello, Amir Bedri ^c   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Genet, Asrat ^d   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Mabey, David C W ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^e   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^b   Burton, Matthew J ^a,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Light for the World   (Ethiopia)

^d Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EPILATION; ETHIOPIA; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL OPACITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855169988     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001136     Document Type: Article

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