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[Long-term course of visual acuity in patients with cataract surgery]
Purpose:
To compare immediate and 5 years postoperatively visual acuity (VA), after uncomplicated cataract surgery and emphasizing the main causes of visual acuity loss.
Material And Methods:
This is a retrospective study that included 475 eyes that underwent uncomplicated cataract surgery between 2003-2007 by the same surgeon. 51 patients (73 eyes) returned to the last followup visit, 5 years postoperatively.
Results:
Of 73 eyes, 18 eyes (24.66%) had VA < 0.5, 53 eyes (72.60%) had VA between 0.5-1 and 2 eyes (2.74%) had VA > 1, 5 years postoperatively. 26% (19 eyes) revealed reduced best corrected visual acuity in comparison to that from 6 weeks postoperatively Causes that led to reduced VA are: posterior capsular opacification (46.57%), age related macular degeneration (26.02%), glaucoma (10.95%), diabetic retinopathy (9.58%).
Conclusions:
Approximately a quarter of patients showed reduced VA after more than 5 years postoperatively; more than three quarters had VA > 0.5 on the last follow-up visit. The most frequent causes of reduced VA are age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, appearence or worsening of diabetic retinopathy, posterior capsular opacification.
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