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Presentation, surgery and 1-year outcomes of childhood cataract surgery in Tanzania.

Furahini Godfrey MndemeBlandina Theophyl MmbagaMchikirwa MsinaJudith MwendeSonia J VaithaMin J KimDavid MacleodMatthew J BurtonClare E GilbertRichard J C Bowman
Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2020)
Three-quarters of children were blind preoperatively whereas over half had good vision 1-year postoperatively. Preoperative blindness, nystagmus/strabismus and aphakia predicted poor visual outcome, suggesting that cataract density determines density of amblyopia.
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