Maximising trichiasis surgery success (MTSS) trial: rationale and design of a randomised controlled trial to improve trachomatous trichiasis surgical outcomes

• Beatriz Munoz,
• Emily W Gower,
• Belay Bayissasse,
• Kristin M Sullivan,
• Shannath L Merbs,
• Alexander Keil,
• Alemayehu Sisay,
• Alison Singer

Affiliations

Beatriz Munoz

1 Dana Center for Preventative Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Emily W Gower

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Belay Bayissasse

Orbis International Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kristin M Sullivan

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Shannath L Merbs

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Alexander Keil

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Alemayehu Sisay

Orbis International Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Alison Singer

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA