Journal article
Cataract surgery in high-risk age-related macular degeneration: A randomized controlled trial
CY Hooper, EL Lamoureux, L Lim, S Fraser-Bell, J Yeoh, CA Harper, JE Keeffe, RH Guymer
Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Published : 2009
Abstract
Background: To investigate if cataract surgery causes progression, from high-risk early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to choroidal neovascularization (CNV), in the postoperative period. Methods: Randomized controlled trial. Patients, with visually significant cataract and fundus features of early AMD at high risk of progression to CNV, were randomized into two groups and were evaluated at baseline and 6 months. The study patients (n = 27) underwent immediate cataract surgery. The control group (n = 29) comprised patients who had cataract surgery deferred until after the 6-month visit. Assessment included visual acuity, quality of life (QoL) and fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA). ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Centre for Eye Research Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Leon Mow Foundation in providing an ophthalmology research scholarship for CYH, the National Health and Medical Research Council Public Health Fellowship (ELL), the National Helath and Medical Research Council career development award (RHG) and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Wagstaff Fellowship (JEK).