The purpose of this study was to find out if in patients with non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), randomly assigned to cataract surgery, any AMD size progression or progression to exudative AMD could be detected 6 months after surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
54
Fifty-four patients with cataract and non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were randomized into an early surgery group (ES=28) with immediate cataract surgery and a control group (CO=26) where surgery was performed after six months.
The Rudolph Foundation Hospital, Dept. of Ophthalmology
Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria
AMD size (defined central region of interest)
To evaluate AMD size progression, absolute and relative differences in pixels of the ROI were cal-culated by equivalent tests.
Time frame: at enrollment, after 6 months
Functional ophthalmic assessments
Cataract grade (LOCS-III), Visual acuity (distance/near), contrast acuity tests, Visual Function Index (VF-14)
Time frame: at enrollment, after 6 months
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