title: Cataract surgery outcome at a rural eye care hospital in India.
abstract: We report the final outcomes, based on final visual acuity, of patients who underwent cataract surgery at an outreach rural ophthalmology unit and document the details of the ophthalmic examination, type of surgery, intra- and postoperative complications and the final visual acuity. Of 208 eyes (198 patients), 81.3% had small incision cataract surgery and 18.7% had phacoemulsification. We believe that, with good planning and the proper utilization of available resources, it is possible to achieve a good visual outcome in the great majority of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Dr TMA Pai Rotary Hospital, Karkala, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. vivekanandu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Undrakonda
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vivekanand
authors.forename: Avinash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.forename: Chidanand
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000453:epidemiology; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*