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Interventions for trachoma trichiasis. [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND: Trachoma is a leading cause of avoidable blindness. The World Health Organization recommends eliminating trachoma blindness by the SAFE strategy incorporating Surgery, Antibiotic treatment, Facial cleanliness and Environmental hygiene ...
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Interventions for trachoma trichiasis. [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 BACKGROUND: Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends eliminating trachomatous blindness through the SAFE strategy: Surgery for trichiasis, Antibiotic treatment, Facial cleanliness and ...
Burton, Matthew +3 more
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Stades method for surgical correction of upper eyelid trichiasis-entropion: results and follow-up in 21 cases Método de Stades para a correção da triquíase-entrópio da pálpebra superior: resultados e acompanhamento de 21 casos [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2000 Trichiasis is a condition in which lhe cuia and facial hairs grow toward lhe córnea or the conjunctiva. The hairs arising from normal sites are pointed aí an abnormal direction.
José Luiz Laus +4 more
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Why do people not attend for treatment for trachomatous trichiasis in Ethiopia? A study of barriers to surgery. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) surgery is provided free or subsidised in most trachoma endemic settings. However, only 18-66% of TT patients attend for surgery.
Bedri, Amir +8 more
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The buccal plug: A technique for management of focal cicatricial entropion and trichiasis [PDF]
Indian Journal of OphthalmologyCicatricial entropion can be challenging to manage, and surgery may lead to anterior lamellar and focal lash loss or tarsal scarring. We describe a surgical technique to address focal cicatricial entropion that avoids conjunctival incisions and minimizes
Persiana S Saffari +2 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 BackgroundTrachomatous trichiasis (TT) will continue to develop among those people who have had repeated infections after active trachoma is controlled.
Jeremy J Hoffman +9 more
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The global burden of trichiasis in 2016. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 BackgroundTrichiasis is present when one or more eyelashes touches the eye. Uncorrected, it can cause blindness. Accurate estimates of numbers affected, and their geographical distribution, help guide resource allocation.MethodsWe obtained district-level
Rebecca M Flueckiger +74 more
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Clearing the trichiasis backlog: experiences in Amhara, Ethiopia [PDF]
Community Eye Health Journal, 2015 Globally, there were estimated to be around 7.3 million people in 2009 with trachomatous trichiasis (TT). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends surgery to reduce the risk of sight loss.
Esmael Habtamu , Matthew Burton
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Argon laser and trichiasis [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 We were interested to read the approach taken by Sahni and Clark1 to facilitate the effective argon laser treatment of trichiasis. They have ably reviewed the complications of trichiasis, the different forms of management of trichiasis, the advantages of argon laser treatment in the management of trichiasis, the technique of argon laser trichiasis ...
Geoff Wilcsek, Ian C. Francis
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TRICHIASIS, ITS RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT [PDF]
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology, 1979 Hugh R. Taylor, J. E. K. Galbraith
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