Outcomes of manual small- incision cataract surgery using standard 22 dioptre intraocular lenses at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi. Int Ophthalmol 2012;32(4):341-7.Sherwing JC, Dean WH, Schaeefers I, Courtright P, Metcalfe N. Outcomes of manual small-incision cataract surgery using standard 22 ...
Purpose: Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi provides high volume, high quality free cataract surgery to people in its catchment region of Central-Malawi. However, a previous survey in 2000 indicated that only 1 in 7 people with bilateral blindness from cataract had received surgery in a 10-mile radius...
Particular focus is given to the hospital's Nkhoma Eye Programme (NEP), as well as the prevalence of blindness in Nkhoma. Information on NEP methods for case finding is also provided. Topics discussed include the quality of cataract surgeries performed at the hospital and rising cataract surgical...