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Internal limiting membrane peeling in macular hole surgery
GMS German Medical Science, 2022 Since the era when macular hole was considered untreatable, macular hole surgery has come a long way to being one of the most successful surgeries. Internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling has been an essential step of macular hole surgery since the ...
Pradhan, Deepti +5 more
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BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2023 Objective To study the visual, refractive and surgical outcomes of intraocular lens (IOL) implantation versus aphakia in children with microspherophakia.Design Retrospective, comparative, non-randomised interventional study.Methods All consecutive ...
Ramesh Kekunnaya +3 more
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Eye health profile of affordable eye care service users
Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2021 Knowledge of the typical eye health profile of patients experiencing social or economic disadvantage is useful for health care modelling. The aim of this work is to profile the ocular health and sociodemographic characteristics of Australian College of Optometry service users of all ages and to explore the relationships between key sociodemographic ...
Michael R. Ibbotson +6 more
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Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022 Background: Evidence shows that poor utilization of available eye care services by potential beneficiaries is a major barrier to reducing the burden of visual impairment (VI) and blindness.
Fatima Hudu Umar, O P Odugbo, C D Mpyet
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Analysis of Eye Care Services in Yemen [PDF]
Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal, 2017 Purpose: The objective of this study was to undertake an analysis of the eye care services situation in Yemen and to assess ophthalmic human resources, eye units' ownership and ophthalmic equipments. Methods: Eye care providers were surveyed by a standardized questionnaire which was sent to the 184 eye units in governmental, university, military ...
Saleh A. Al-Akily +5 more
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Cost-effectiveness of eye care services in Zambia. [PDF]
Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2014 To estimate the cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery and refractive error/presbyopia correction in Zambia.Primary data on costs and health related quality of life were collected in a prospective cohort study of 170 cataract and 113 refractive error/presbyopia patients recruited from three health facilities.
Griffiths UK +4 more
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Utilization of Secondary Eye Care Services in Western Kenya. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 Background: Eye care provision is currently insufficient to meet the population’s eye health needs in Kenya. Many people remain unnecessarily visually impaired or at risk of becoming so due to treatable or preventable conditions. A lack of access and awareness of services are key barriers, in large part due to their being too few eye care providers in ...
Rono MMed HK +5 more
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Portuguese Journal of Public Health, 2023 Introduction: Refractive error is a public health concern and even with relatively simple and cost-effective interventions it remains usually outside national health services (NHSs) not ensuring universal health coverage.
Vera L. Alves Carneiro +1 more
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Improving eye care services with a lean approach [PDF]
Acta Ophthalmologica, 2018 AbstractPurposeEffective provision of eye care services in government‐financed hospitals is essential to balance the discrepancy between growing demand and limited resources. We aimed to improve efficiency of the treatment protocol for Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy.
Lindholm, Juha Matti +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Alcohol use disorders (AUD) often co-occur with anxiety and depressive disorders, and anxiety often drives relapse during alcohol abstinence. Optimal AUD pharmacotherapies may thus need to target both excessive alcohol intake and elevated anxiety ...
Philippe A. Melas +5 more
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