In this retrospective study, medical records of 47 consecutive patients (94 eyes) who underwent simultaneous bilaterale small-incision cataract surgery between januar 2010 and December 2015 in outreach surgical camps in rural Cameroon were reviwed. At the 4 week follow-up, 84,04% of the eyes showed increased visual acuity of one line or more. No cases of post operative endophtalmitis were recorded. Under the strict observation of endophtalmitis prophylaxis, simultaneous bilaterale small-incision cataract surgery is an option to reduce the cataract blindness backlog in rural areas of developing countries.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:21041 |
| Date | 28 March 2018 |
| Creators | Kagmeni, Giles |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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