Open AccessCataract as a leading cause of visual disability and blindness in the region of Eastern Sarajevo and Eastern Herzegovina
Author(s) -
Lala Ćeklić,
S Latinović,
Petar Aleksić
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0510449c
Subject(s) - medicine , blindness , visual impairment , visual acuity , population , optometry , ophthalmology , environmental health , psychiatry
Cataract is the second leading cause of blindness and visual disability in the region of Eastern Herzegovina and Eastern Sarajevo. It is a curable and preventable cause of blindness, because visual function can be surgically recovered. The aim of our study was to determine the frequency of cataract among registered blind population.