Visual Acuity, Quality of Life and Visual Function Outcomes after Cataract Surgery in Bali

Abstract

Cataract surgery in this population markedly improved QOL, despite a trend towards myopic refractive outcomes. These findings raise questions about biometric methodology, intraocular lens power calculations and refractive targets. Postoperative day 1 VA data may be a reasonable proxy of the intermediate-term rate of non-blind eyes.

Outcomes of manual small incision cataract surgery (mSICS) compared with phacoemulsification from population based outreach eye camp, in Yogyakarta and Southern Central Java Region, Indonesia

“…13 Although, phacoemulsification is the preferred method for cataract surgery worldwide, it is not always available in developing countries. 14 The mSICS is less expensive, less technology dependent and might be faster than phacoemulsification. Ruit et al 7 revealed that manual SICS is faster than phacoemulsification for advanced cataracts cases.…”

Impact of vision impairment and self-reported barriers to vision care: The views of elders in Nuwara Eliya district, Sri Lanka

“…Information materials should be prepared and provided to elders and their family members. Although cataract surgery outcomes are excellent in most countries, some settings do have high rates of poor vision outcomes, which contribute to fear of surgery (Farmer, Innes-Wong, Bergman-Hart, Casson, & Crompton, 2015;Shields et al, 2015). Efforts are needed to improve quality.…”

Global Efforts to Generate Evidence for Vision 2020

“…Shields and colleagues 7 and Thavikulwat and colleagues 8 report the outcome of cataract surgery in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and a mobile clinic in Thailand, respectively. Farmer and co-authors 9 report on visual function and quality of life outcomes for cataract surgery cases in Bali. While good quality outcomes were noted in both Thailand and Indonesia, the findings from Lao PDR showed outcomes considerably below WHO outcome guidelines.…”