Rupert R A Bourne|Brendan Dineen|Zahid Jadoon|Pak S. Lee|Aman Khan|Gordon Johnson|Allen Foster|Daud Khan
Outcomes of cataract surgery in Pakistan: results from The Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey
Hinchingbrooke Hospital
evaluate outcomes cataract surgery pakistancrosssectional nationally representative sample 16 507 adults aged or30 years underwent interview logarithm minimum angle resolution visual acuity va autorefraction examination optic disc 612 va presentation underwent bestcorrected va dilated biomicroscopic ocular examination1317 subjects 633 men undergone surgery one eyes 1788 operated eyes 1099 61 undergone intracapsular cataract extraction icce 607 34 extracapsular surgery intraocular lens ecceiol presenting va 275 154 eyes 612 better 253 141 612 or618 632 353 618 660 85 48 660 360 528 295 360 best refractive correction values 563 315 332 186 492 275 61 34 334 187 respectively 1498 eyes va or612 presentation 352 235 result coincident disease 800 534 refractive error 320 214 operative complications eye camp surgery 172 p 0002 icce 378 p0001 rural residence 136 p 001 female gender 155 p0001 illiteracy 244 p0001 associated va 618 recent icce surgeries associated poorer outcome ratio ecceiolicce last 3 years 121 compared 133 or4 years surveyalmost third cataract operations result presenting va 660 could halved appropriate refractive correction study highlights need improvement quality surgery balanced distribution services