[Relationship between cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation surgery and age-related macula degeneration].
Cataract extraction with intraocular lens (IOL) implantation surgery may result in the remarked increase in the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Researches have shown that the postoperative retina is much more easily exposed to blue light, which can induce the retina to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and finally damage the retina. Therefore, cataract surgery should not be recommended at early stage; alternatively, to lower the incidence of AMD, blue-light filtering IOL may be implanted to avoid the ocular exposure to more blue light in the postoperative patients.
Chen
Xin-Yuan
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Department of Ophthalmology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
Ye
Jun-Jie
JJ
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008027:Light; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000209:etiology*