Journal article
Five-year incidence and postoperative visual outcome of cataract surgery in urban southern China: The liwan eye study
W Huang, Y Zheng, L Wang, S Huang, B Liu, L Jin, NG Congdon, M He
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC | Published : 2012
Abstract
Purpose. To determine the 5-year incidence and visual outcome of cataract surgery in an adult urban Chinese population. Methods. A comprehensive eye examination was performed at baseline and 5 years later on subjects participating in a population-based study. Incident cataract surgery was defined as having undergone surgery in either eye during the 5-year period. Postoperative visual impairment (PVI) was defined as visual acuity (VA) <6/18 based on both presenting VA (PVA) and best corrected VA (BCVA) in the operated eye. Results. Among the 1405 baseline participants, 75% (924) of survivors were seen at the 5-year follow-up visit. Forty-four returning participants (62 eyes) had undergone inc..
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Awarded by Program for Developing University Talent in the New Century, National Ministry of Education
Awarded by Scientific and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province
Awarded by Sun Yat-sen University Project
Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by the Program for Developing University Talent in the New Century, National Ministry of Education NCET-06-0720, Scientific and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province 2005B30901008, and Sun Yat-sen University Project 5010 (MH). Nathan G. Congdon is supported by a Thousand Man Plan grant from the Chinese government. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.