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Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:253 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.3.253-a
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      SUTURELESS CATARACT SURGERY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

      In industrialised countries phacoemulsification has become a standard procedure for cataract extraction. In contrast, in developing countries while intraocular lens surgery is routinely performed, phacoemulsification is not. Nevertheless, several techniques for self sealing sutureless incisions have been developed in this setting. Hennig and coworkers describe a series of cataract patients operated on in Nepal. In this study rapid recovery of good vision could be achieved with sutureless manual extracapsular cataract extraction at a low cost in an area where high volume cataract surgery is performed. See p 266

      NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES INTERFERE WITH IOP REDUCTION BY LATANOPROST

      Latanoprost, a prostaglandin, is now widely used as an antiglaucoma treatment. The mechanism of action of this drug …

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