Effect of cataract surgery on quality of life for patients with severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration
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Taipale , C , Grzybowski , A & Tuuminen , R 2020 , ' Effect of cataract surgery on quality of life for patients with severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration ' , Annals of translational medicine , vol. 8 , no. 22 , 1543 . https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-2020-965
| Title: | Effect of cataract surgery on quality of life for patients with severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration |
| Author: | Taipale, Claudia; Grzybowski, Andrzej; Tuuminen, Raimo |
| Contributor organization: | Silmäklinikka University of Helsinki Helsinki University Hospital Area Medicum HUS Head and Neck Center Kymsote – Social and Health Services in Kymenlaakso |
| Date: | 2020-11 |
| Language: | eng |
| Number of pages: | 7 |
| Belongs to series: | Annals of translational medicine |
| ISSN: | 2305-5839 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21037/atm-2020-965 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/324473 |
| Abstract: | 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 |
| Subject: |
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
cataract surgery geographic atrophy (GA) vision impairment vision-related quality of life (vision-related QoL) VISUAL FUNCTION OUTCOMES ACUITY EYES 3125 Otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
| Rights: | cc_by_nc_nd |
| Usage restriction: | openAccess |
| Self-archived version: | publishedVersion |
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