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: Received: 23 August 2023 / Approved: 24 August 2023 / Online: 24 August 2023 (09:53:10 CEST)
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Vingolo, E.M.; Nebbioso, M. Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) Risks and Benefits of Cataract Surgery. Preprints2023, 2023081741. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1741.v1
Vingolo, E.M.; Nebbioso, M. Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) Risks and Benefits of Cataract Surgery. Preprints 2023, 2023081741. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1741.v1
Vingolo, E.M.; Nebbioso, M. Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) Risks and Benefits of Cataract Surgery. Preprints2023, 2023081741. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1741.v1
APA Style
Vingolo, E.M., & Nebbioso, M. (2023). Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) Risks and Benefits of Cataract Surgery. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1741.v1
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Vingolo, E.M. and Marcella Nebbioso. 2023 "Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (wAMD) Risks and Benefits of Cataract Surgery" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1741.v1
Abstract
Background: Cataract and Age-related Macular Degeneration are two characteristic diseases of the so-called elderly age (75-90 years and older). Both determine an important visual impairment, so it is often difficult to understand how much of the visual loss is given by the cataract opacities and how much by the degeneration of the macula and this assumes a relevant medico-legal query in clinical practice.
Methods: From that pool we randomized in group 735 eyes with wAMD (males 328, females 407) Average age: 76.23±13.87 years, and in Group 819 eyes without clear signs of wAMD (males 361, females 451) Average age: was 75.88±18.21 years to randomize them we used the online randomization program (http://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/index.cfm) selecting random numbers and then randomly assign subjects to groups to undergo our observational study. All patients were examined with full ophtalmological visit including Best Corrected Visual Acuity (with Bailey-Lawson Chart), Anterior Segment examination, Fundus Examination, in all cases with wAMD was also performed OCT. ANOVA multifactorial statistical analysis was drawn.
Results: number of patients with unsatisfactory surgery is significantly higher in the group of AMD patients, and this is easily understandable from what has been said above, but I would like to underline that in most patients there are very positive results, therefore cataract surgery is also indicated in AMD patients.
Conclusions: Cataract surgery has a positive impact on the patient's life in most cases, you shouldn't be afraid to operate. However, it is necessary to find surgical measures capable of minimizing the consequences of the intervention on the retina.
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