title: [Cause of blindness in the province of Giang-Vietnam].
abstract: An Giang province is one of many provinces of Mekong Delta, South of Vietnam, with 2 million people and 85% population living in the countryside for agriculture. Main causes of blindness are leucoma secondary to trachoma and mycoses (16%) closed angle glaucoma (5%) and cataract (50%). Percentage of eyes requiring ocular surgery is 0.88% of total population. 1200 patients had surgery during year 1995; as 16,000 patients are waiting for surgery, we stress that this backlog must be reduced as soon as possible. On an other hand, we intend to develop corneal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Centre Jean Abadie.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verin
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mortemousque
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dorot
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D014141:Trachoma / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology