Cataract surgery complications as a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over Complicações de facectomias como causa de baixa visual em uma população com 50 ou mais anos de idade

• Main Authors: Denise Fornazari de Oliveira (Author), Rodrigo Pessoa Cavalcanti Lira (Author), Álvaro Pedroso Carvalho Lupinacci (Author), Marcelo Paccola (Author), Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this study was to measure the extent to which complications relating to cataract surgery are a cause of visual impairment in a population aged 50 and over from the city of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. An assessment of cataract surgery services was conducted using random cluster...