Schwab L, Kagame K
West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown.
Br J Ophthalmol. 1993 Jul;77(7):410-2. doi: 10.1136/bjo.77.7.410.
An ophthalmic assessment survey of 430 students in Zimbabwe's two schools for the blind was conducted in 1988. Bilateral corneal opacity was found to be responsible for 75% of all blindness among institutionalised blind students. Thirteen per cent of the study patients could gain improved vision through either ocular surgical intervention or spectacle correction. Findings in this survey are similar to those from other schools for the blind elsewhere in Africa.
1988年,对津巴布韦两所盲人学校的430名学生进行了眼科评估调查。结果发现,在寄宿制盲人学生中,双眼角膜混浊导致的失明占所有失明病例的75%。13%的研究患者可通过眼科手术干预或眼镜矫正改善视力。本次调查结果与非洲其他地方盲人学校的调查结果相似。