Cataract surgery in high-risk age-related macular degeneration: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 570-576

  Hooper, Claire Y ^a,b   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c   Lim, Lyndell ^a   Fraser Bell, Samantha ^b   Yeoh, Jonathan ^a   Harper, Colin A ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,c   Guymer, Robyn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cataract surgery; Choroidal neovascularization; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

VERTEPORFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUSEN; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY DELAY; VISUAL ACUITY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68349135210     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02095.x     Document Type: Article

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