Bringing the Benefits of Cataract Surgery to the Third World

Brian, Garry

doi:10.1016/s0896-1549(05)70173-5

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“…A poor system of maintenance is a large barrier to the prevention of blindness 11,12 The availability of infrastructure support is an important contributing factor. Until this visit, technical services around the country were very limited.…”

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Portable ophthalmic microscopes in the Philippines: an overview

Tan

Fraser²,

Staples³

et al. 2005

Clinical Exper Ophthalmology

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The portable operating ophthalmic microscope has an important role in the prevention of international blindness. The archaic attitude of sending microscopes to professional technicians for simple maintenance and repair should be abandoned. Instead demonstrations aimed at teaching these skills to local operators and surgeons should be held, in order to improve the technical support available. Different microscope operators can help provide microscope designers with feedback for future improvements. Similar demonstrations could be considered for other countries with a similar scarcity of technical support services.

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