- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher GP Pokharel, S Selvaraj, LB Ellwein - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS Case finding was based on random sampling using a stratified cluster
design with door to door enumeration of people aged ⩾45 years followed by eye
examinations at village sites. All aphakics/pseudophakics, those with ... Cited by 97 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Zhao, R Sui, L Jia, AE Fletcher, LB Ellwein - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1998 - Elsevier RESULTS: Of the 87 individuals operated on for cataract, 12% (10/87) had
presenting visual acuity of 6/18 or more in both eyes, and 24.1% (21/87) had
less than 6/60. Twenty-five percent (29/116) of the 116 eyes operated on ... Cited by 111 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
M He, J Xu, S Li, K Wu, SR Munoz, LB Ellwein - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier Cataract blindness is widely recognized as an important public health problem in
developing countries.[2] In response, large-scale cataract control programs have
been established to reduce the so-called “backlog” of cataract blind ... Cited by 107 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
L Dandona, R Dandona, TJ Naduvilath, CA … - American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier As part of a population-based cross-sectional epidemiologic study, the Andhra
Pradesh Eye Disease Study, 2,522 people of all ages, including 1,399 individuals
30 years of age or older, from 24 clusters representative of the population ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com GP Pokharel, G Regmi, SK Shrestha, AD … - British Medical Journal, 1998 - bjo.bmj.com The 1981 survey led to the establishment of a national eye care programme for
the control and prevention of blindness in Nepal. The programme was launched
with a two pronged strategy: (1) development of training programmes for eye ... Cited by 93 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
NV Prajna, KS Chandrakanth, R Kim, V … - American journal of ophthalmology, 1998 - Elsevier At any single postoperative follow-up time point, there were no statistically
significant differences of clinical relevance between treatment groups for any
complication of a serious nature except cystoid macular edema, which was ... Cited by 78 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
A Fletcher, V Vijaykumar, S Selvaraj, RD … - American journal of ophthalmology, 1998 - Elsevier Both ICCE-AG and ECCE/PC-IOL produced dramatic improvements in visual
functioning and quality of life scores. Patients receiving ECCE/PC-IOL reported
larger beneficial changes than did those receiving ICCE-AG, compatible with ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
AE Fletcher, LB Ellwein, S Selvaraj, V … - Archives of Ophthalmology, 1997 - archopht.highwire.org Materials and Methods: The instruments were de- veloped using a consensus
approach. One hundred pa- tients who were undergoing cataract surgery at Aravind
Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, were interviewed preop- eratively and 3 and ... Cited by 95 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
J Zhao, L Jia, R Sui, LB Ellwein - American journal of ophthalmology, 1998 - Elsevier RESULTS: Of 5,555 enumerated subjects ≥50 years of age, 91.5% (5,084/5,555)
were examined and 90.9% (5,052/5,555) were tested for visual acuity. In this
population, 2.8% (139/5,052) were blind, defined as presenting visual ... Cited by 71 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
S Li, J Xu, M He, K Wu, SR Munoz, LB Ellwein - Ophthalmology, 1999 - Elsevier Visual acuity and eye examinations were performed in the summer of 1997 in a
random sample of villages in Doumen County. Differences in blindness prevalence
associated with age, gender, and education were explored using logistic ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
