Table 1

Pre- and postoperative visual acuity in the operated eye of 6383 cataract operations performed in eye camps 1993–4

Visual acuity		Preop				Postop discharge			Postop 6 week follow up
Visual acuity		n	%			n	%		n	%
6/6–6/18	0	0		1654	25.9		3122	79.9
<6/18–6/60	17	0.3		4007	62.8		619	15.8
<6/60–3/60	314	4.9		349	5.5		52	1.4
<3/60–NPL	6052	94.8		373	5.8		115	2.9
Total	6383	100		6383	100		3908	100