No link between cataract surgery, AMD, study shows

From: Ophthalmology Times | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

AREDS findings

Orlando-There is no evidence of an association between cataract surgery and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but cataract surgery may increase the risk for development of central geographic atrophy, according to findings from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS).

"Many ophthalmologists have seen patients who go on to develop neovascularization after cataract surgery, raising the question of whether there is any cause and effect relationship between those events," said Frederick L Ferris III, MD, director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research, ...

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