title: Optimal single intraocular lens power for the Nepali population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate optimal standard intraocular lens power for Nepalese eye camp cataract patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective case series of 5109 preoperative cataract patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average axial length of 23.08 (SD 1.26). Average dioptre intraocular lens power 21.37 (3.04).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An increase in the intraocular lens power used at Nepalese eye camps from +21.0 to 22.5 dioptres would improve overall visual outcome.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, 3636 Francis Avenue, No 102 Seattle, WA 98103, USA. amurch@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murchison
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tabin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gurung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D009907:Optometry / Q000379:methods; D012016:Reference Values; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies