title: Visual field area in phakic, aphakic, and pseudophakic individuals.
abstract: Goldmann perimetry was done on 11 pseudophakic subjects and results were compared to those of age-matched phakic subjects and a third group of aphakic individuals who were wearing rigid gas permeable contact lenses. Testing showed that the I-3 and I-4 fields of the subjects who had had cataract surgery were generally constricted when compared to the normal phakic population. Possible explanations for this include media clarity not being as important a factor in determining field size as was previously thought, peripheral retinal changes, and implant material affecting contrast sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003261:Contact Lenses; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields