TY - T1 - Effect of cataract surgery on quality of life for patients with severe vision impairment due to age-related macular degeneration SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/324473 T3 - A1 - Taipale, Claudia; Grzybowski, Andrzej; Tuuminen, Raimo A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - 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... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 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 N1 - PP - ER -