Assessment of cataract surgical outcomes in settings where follow-up is poor: PRECOG, a multicentre observational study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Congdon, Nathan ^a,b   Yan, Xixi ^a   Lansingh, Van ^c   Sisay, Alemayehu ^b   Müller, Andreas ^d,f   Chan, Ving ^e   Jin, Ling ^a   Meltzer, Mirjam E ^a   Karumanchi, Sasipriya M ^g   Guan, Chunhong ^d   Vuong, Quy ^b   Rivera, Nelson ^c   McCleod Omawale, Joan ^b   He, Mingguang ^a,h  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (United States)

^d FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^e BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^g ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^h HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; AFTERCARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84887562263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70003-2     Document Type: Article

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