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High volume efficient cataract surgery in developing countries.

N E Christy
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The use of simple, flexible, efficient eye departments which make good use of available personnel and appropriate technology can be a very effective method of offering eye care and cataract surgery to large numbers of patients in the tropics and elsewhere. Such a department in a village hospital in Pakistan is described as an example of how effective such an approach can be in the delivery of cataract surgery and other eye care.

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N E Christy. 1990. High volume efficient cataract surgery in developing countries.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00158311

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