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Barbara E. K. Klein, MD, MPH

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009;127(11):1528-1529.

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Since the late 1980s, there have been several reports of an association between cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).^1-11 Some report a cross-sectional association^1-2,8; some, incidence of AMD after surgery^9-10; and yet others report progression to more severe AMD.^4-5,10 Still, there are some studies that do not find a significant association after controlling for relevant confounders.^12-13 What might explain the disparate results? In my estimation, the diversity of findings in no small part begins with differences in study design.

Case series are often useful in early descriptions of new problems and about the prognosis of such conditions¹⁴ and have been among the most common types of published studies¹⁵ concerning this association. For example, Blair and Ferguson⁴ described the development of retinal pigment epithelial detachments secondary to macular degeneration that occurred after cataract extraction. Pollack and colleagues⁵ described progression of AMD in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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