- ►bmj.com [PDF] M Melese, ES West, W Alemayehu, B Munoz, A … - British Medical …, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Characteristics of trichiasis patients presenting for surgery in ... M Melese, ES West, W
Alemayehu, B Munoz, A Worku, CA Gaydos, SK West ....................................................
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ES West, W Alemayehu, B Munoz, M … - Ophthalmic …, 2005 - informahealthcare.com Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Surgery is available to correct
trichiasis, which results from repeated episodes of infection with C. trachomatis. However,
trichiasis recurrence rates ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
[CITATION] Pattern of recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis following surgery: surgical …
J Ngondi, M Reacher, F Matthews, F Ole- … - BMC …, 2007 - biomedcentral.com A population based survey was undertaken and eligible persons underwent eye examination. Visual
acuity (VA) was tested using Snellen E chart and persons with TT identified. Vision status was
defined using the WHO categories of ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - Cached - All 12 versions
M Feghhi, G Khataminia, H Ziaei, M Latifi - JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMIC AND …, 2009 - sid.ir Page 1. Archive of SID Visual Impairment in Khuzestan Province; Feghhi et al JOURNAL OF
OPHTHALMIC AND VISION RESEARCH 2009; Vol. 4, No.1 29 Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and
Low Vision in Khuzestan Province, Iran Mostafa Feghhi,1 MD; Gholamreza ... Related articles - View as HTML - All 7 versions
B Atik, TA Skwor, RP Kandel, B Sharma, HK Adhikari … - PLoS ONE, 2008 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Trachoma is the leading preventable cause of global blindness. A balanced Th1/Th2/Th3 immune
response is critical for resolving Chlamydia trachomatis infection, the primary cause of trachoma.
Despite control programs that ... Related articles - All 6 versions
DH pU Assefe, T Yigzaw, A Mekonnen, T Gebrië, M … - ajol.info Trichiasis Recurrence in North Ethiopia 9 studies done in Ethiopia showed that recurrence of
trichiasis was similar in both types of surgery irrespective of the degree of trichiasis, ranging
from 14% to 16% (12, 13). Also, a ... Related articles - All 3 versions
D Habte, T Gebre, M Zerihun, Y … - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2008 - informahealthcare.com Background: Surgery for trachomatous trichiasis prevents blindness. However people still decline
surgery despite the availability of services in nearby health facilities. Objectives: To assess what
proportion of cases of trichiasis ... Related articles - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov ES West, B Munoz, A Imeru, W Alemayehu, M … - British Journal of …, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Approximately 10% of eyes with mild entropion had CO, regardless of epilation status. Among
eyes with moderate entropion, epilated eyes were less likely to have CO than non-epilated eyes (21%
v 34% p = 0.002). The same ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
H Zhang, RP Kandel, B Sharma, D Dean - Archives of Ophthalmology, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Methods We conducted a prospective case-control cohort study in Nepal that included patients with TT
who were undergoing bilamellar tarsal-rotation surgery and control subjects who have scarring but no
TT. Conjunctivae were graded for ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
