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1 However, there may be significant ascertainment bias underestimating the true prevalence of MS in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), as there is close to a 100-fold difference in the availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners between the Western Pacific (0.35/100,000) and Africa (0.004/100,000). 1 This makes it difficult to apply the most recent diagnostic criteria, involving imaging.
In the latter case the different intervening tissue between the bead and the retina that is exposed to the BMP signal may be significant; when a bead is implanted in the lens the intervening tissue is the lens, whereas from a bead located in the mesenchyme, the BMP signal has to pass through the presumptive RPE.
Although the difference of 10 min in recovery between the groups may not sound as too much of a difference, in setups with limited resources where a formal PACU is lacking and the patients’ tracheas are generally extubated on table and patients are shifted directly to wards, this time may be significant enough in a working day to squeeze in another short-duration surgery.
This may be significant enough to cause reflux oesophagitis or, in severe cases, aspiration pneumonia. 25 Psychological distress owing to the visibility of NGTs should not be underestimated, with NGTs serving as a tangible reminder of illness. 19 , 26 Guidelines suggest that NGTs are suitable for patients anticipated to require EN for short periods of 4–6 weeks. 27 , 28 Dislodgement requiring reinsertion is common.