Intermediate-Term Cataract Surgery Outcomes from Rural Provinces in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 260-265

  Shields, Melissa Kate ^a   Casson, Robert J ^a   Muecke, James ^a   Laosern, Sengla ^b   Louangsouksa, Phoumpanya ^b   Vannavong, Somchit ^b   Southisombath, Khamphoua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b National Ophthalmology Centre   (Laos)

Author keywords

Blindness; cataract surgery; Lao PDR; rural; visual outcome

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84938350903     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2015.1057602     Document Type: Article

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