Why do patients refuse trichiasis surgery? Lessons and an education initiative from Mtwara Region, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide. A relatively simple surgery can spare vision. Although this surgery is usually performed free of charge in endemic regions, multiple studies indicate that surgical refusal is common. Prior studies ha...

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Vydáno v:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Hlavní autoři: Gupta, Katherine M., Harding, Jennifer C., Othman, Majid S., Merbs, Shannath L., Gower, Emily W.
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Public Library of Science 2018
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001945/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29902219
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006464
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