Outcomes of cataract surgery in Bangladesh: results from a population based nationwide survey
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WORLD VIEW Outcomes of cataract surgery in Bangladesh: results from a population based nationwide survey
Aim: To evaluate the outcome of cataract surgery in the population of Bangladesh. Methods: Data were collected by the National Blindness and Low Vision Prevalence Survey of Bangladesh, a cross sectional, nationally representative sample (12 782 subjects) of the population aged >30 years. An interview recorded socioeconomic data. Each subject was tested for logMAR visual acuity (VA) of each eye,...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.813