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In Theni district, India, based on current utilisation of eye care services and prevalence of vision impairment, a 5-year goal of eliminating vision impairment would require that the annual cataract surgical workload increase by 11.5%. Studies of this kind may have considerable value in planning service delivery in other locations. Using the axial length of the fellow eye in eyes with retinal detachment results in a clinically significant reduction of predictability of the postoperative refraction. Therefore, rather than combined phako-vitrectomy, a two-step procedure should be favoured, if possible, in which vitrectomy is undertaken first and measurements for IOL selection performed after reattachment of the retina. Deep-learning models trained with both fundus images and 15 features from the clinical information showed excellent diagnostic abilities in predicting glaucoma progression in glaucoma suspect patients with normal intraocular pressure. Opportunistic detection of glaucoma on fundus photographs in national diabetic retinopathy screening found 9% of patients had glaucoma. Referring patients with vertical-cup-to-disc ratio of 0.65 showed moderate sensitivity but low specificity and …