The Prevalence of Blindness, Visual Impairment and Cataract Surgery in Tuoketuo and Shangdu Counties, Inner Mongolia, China
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54117#.VO2EiyzQrzE Author(s) Baixiang Xiao 1,2* , Jinglin Yi 1 , Hans Limburg 3 , Guiseng Zhang 4 , Richard Le Mesurier 5 , Andreas Müller 6 , Nathan Congdon 2 , Beatrice Iezzi 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Affiliated Eye Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang City, China . 2 Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Guangzhou City, China . 3 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom . 4 Inner Mongolia Red Cross Chaoju Eye Hospital, Hohhot, China . 5 The Fred Hollows Foundation, Sydney, Australia . 6 World Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, Manila, Philippines . ABSTRACT Aim: A population-based survey was conducted in Tuoketuo and Shangdu Counties in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, in the Autumn of 2010, to assess the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment of people aged 50 years and over. Met...