Donor Profile, Tissue Evaluation and Comparison of Voluntary and Motivated Corneal Donation in Nepal Eye Bank.

Purpose: Corneal problems is one of the major causes of blindness in developing countries like Nepal. This study intended to analyze donor and tissue profile of Nepal Eye Bank (NEB).

Material And Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive type study.

Prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among an elderly population with diabetes in Nepal: the Bhaktapur Retina Study.

Aim: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an emerging cause of blindness in developing countries. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and risk factors of DR in an elderly population in Nepal.

Subjects And Methods: This is a population-based, cross-sectional study.

A population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nepal: the Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study.

Objective: To determine the prevalence and types of glaucoma in a Nepalese population.

Design: Cross-sectional, population-based survey.

Participants: A total of 4800 subjects aged 40 years or older from the Bhaktapur district of Kathmandu valley.

Outcomes of cataract surgery: a population-based developing world study in the Bhaktapur district, Nepal.

Background: To evaluate the visual outcome after cataract surgery in a population of Nepal.

Design: Population-based cross-sectional study.

Participants: Forty years and above residing in Bhaktapur district.

Prevalence of visual impairment, cataract surgery and awareness of cataract and glaucoma in Bhaktapur district of Nepal: the Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study.

Background: Cataract and glaucoma are the major causes of blindness in Nepal. Bhaktapur is one of the three districts of Kathmandu valley which represents a metropolitan city with a predominantly agrarian rural periphery. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of visual impairment, cataract surgery and awareness of cataract and glaucoma among subjects residing in this district of Nepal.