title: [Long-term course of visual acuity in patients with cataract surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare immediate and 5 years postoperatively visual acuity (VA), after uncomplicated cataract surgery and emphasizing the main causes of visual acuity loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a retrospective study that included 475 eyes that underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery between 2003-2007 by the same surgeon. 51 patients (73 eyes) returned to the last followup visit, 5 years postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 73 eyes, 18 eyes (24.66%) had VA < 0.5, 53 eyes (72.60%) had VA between 0.5-1 and 2 eyes (2.74%) had VA > 1, 5 years postoperatively. 26% (19 eyes) revealed reduced best corrected visual acuity in comparison to that from 6 weeks postoperatively Causes that led to reduced VA are: posterior capsular opacification (46.57%), age related macular degeneration (26.02%), glaucoma (10.95%), diabetic retinopathy (9.58%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approximately a quarter of patients showed reduced VA after more than 5 years postoperatively; more than three quarters had VA > 0.5 on the last follow-up visit. The most frequent causes of reduced VA are age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, appearence or worsening of diabetic retinopathy, posterior capsular opacification.
authors: Dorin
authors: D
authors: Chiseliţă
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Huţuleac
authors: Alina
authors: A
authors: Cantemir
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Irod
authors: Otilia
authors: O
authors: Obadă
authors: Raluca
authors: R
authors: Juverdeanu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D058442:Capsule Opacification / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002386:Cataract / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000379:methods; D057852:Posterior Capsule of the Lens / Q000473:pathology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D057234:Preoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity