Cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration.
OBJECTIVE
The following review describes the recent evidence regarding the effect of cataract surgery on age-related macular degeneration (AMD).


RESULTS
For patients with both visually significant cataracts and AMD, recent evidence supports the role of cataract surgery with reports demonstrating improved visual acuity, absence of significant disease progression, and improved quality of life.


CONCLUSIONS
Recent evidence does not find cataract surgery to cause or worsen AMD.
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
David S
DS
Ehmann
Allen C
AC
Ho
D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D011788:Quality of Life; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology