Effect of cataract surgery on quality of life for patients with severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration

Background: To determine whether patients with severe vision impairment due to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) benefit from bilateral cataract surgery in terms of vision-related quality of life (QoL). Methods: A prospective interventional single-center study. Ten patients with severe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of translational medicine 2020-11, Vol.8 (22), p.1543-1543, Article 1543
Hauptverfasser:	Taipale, Claudia, Grzybowski, Andrzej, Tuuminen, Raimo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, Research & Experimental Oncology Original on Recent Developments in Cataract Surgery Research & Experimental Medicine Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:	Background: To determine whether patients with severe vision impairment due to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) benefit from bilateral cataract surgery in terms of vision-related quality of life (QoL). Methods: A prospective interventional single-center study. Ten patients with severe vision impairment due to advanced bilateral AMD were included. The preoperative corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) was >= 1.0/>= 1.0 LogMAR units on Snellen chart and
ISSN:	2305-5839 2305-5839
DOI:	10.21037/atm-2020-965