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Cataract Surgery: A Nepalese Perspective

Jan 1, 2022

Globally, cataract continues to be the leading cause of blindness. Ninety four million of the total population are suffering from moderate to severe visual impairment due to cataract. Out...

Nepal, Cataract

Teleophthalmology through handheld mobile devices: a pilot study in rural Nepal

Jun 8, 2019

The utility of eye screening examinations using portable mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets in developing countries is still largely unexplored. However, several publications and systematic reviews suggest that...

Nepal, Cornea, Technology, Teleophthalmology, Imaging, Telemedicine

The individual and household impacts of cataract surgery on older blind adults in Ethiopia

Feb 26, 2019

To comprehensively measure the impacts of cataract surgery on patients' activities and mental and physical health, caregivers' well-being, and household incomes in a resource-poor setting Methods: One thousand two hundred...

Ethiopia, Cataract, Time-Use, Impact Evaluation

Role of laser refractive surgery in cross-subsidization of nonprofit humanitarian eyecare and the burden of uncorrected refractive error in Nepal: Pilot project

Aug 1, 2018

To establish a refractive surgery unit at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology through support from international donations and provide knowledge transfer for doctors and management to make the unit self-sustaining, nonprofit...

Nepal, Refractive Surgery

Role of laser refractive surgery in cross-subsidization of nonprofit humanitarian eyecare and the burden of uncorrected refractive error in Nepal: Pilot project

Jul 20, 2018

To establish a refractive surgery unit at Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology through support from international donations and provide knowledge transfer for doctors and management to make the unit self-sustaining, nonprofit...

Nepal, Refractive Surgery

The role of small incision suture-less cataract surgery in the developed world

Jan 1, 2018

Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) has recently gone through much refinement and fine tuning. It is often taken as an alternate option for phacoemulsification, especially in developing country. This...

Phacoemulsification, SICS

Clinical Application of a Smartphone-Based Ophthalmic Camera adapter in Under-Resourced Settings in Nepal

Dec 28, 2017

Worldwide there are an estimated 285 million people suffering from vision impairment and 39 million who are blind. ‘Low vision’ is defined as visual acuity of less than 6/18 but...

Nepal, Cornea, Technology, Teleophthalmology, Imaging, Telemedicine

The impact of ocular trauma during the Nepal earthquake in 2015

Mar 28, 2017

On the 25th of April, a 7.8 Richter earthquake struck Nepal with its epicenter 77 km from Kathmandu. A 7.3 Richter aftershock subsequently occurred on the 12th of May, equidistant...

Nepal, Ocular Trauma

Blindness, cataract surgery and mortality in Ethiopia

Jan 1, 2016

To examine the relationships between blindness, the intervention of cataract surgery and all-cause mortality in a rural Ethiopian population.

Ethiopia, Cataract, Mortality