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Cataract is the leading cause of avoidable blindness worldwide, accounting for nearly half (47.8 %) of all cases of blindness [1]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 20 million people worldwide are blind from bilateral cataracts [2]. While this poses one of the greatest public health challenges for developing countries, it poses a growing economic challenge for the well-developed country as well.

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  1. Aravind Eye Hospital, Thavalakuppam, Pondicherry, 605007, India

    Venkatesh Rengaraj MD

  2. Pacific University College Optometry, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Steven S. Ma MD (Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Canada), Adjunct Clinical Professor)

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, 762 Altos Oaks Drive, Los Altos, CA, USA

    David F. Chang MD

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Rengaraj, V., Ma, S.S., Chang, D.F. (2016). Manual Small-Incision Cataract Surgery. In: Henderson, B. (eds) Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24666-6_1

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