Open AccessCataract Surgery and the 6-year Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Multiethnic Asian Cohort
Author(s) -
Alfred Tl Gan,
Ryan Eyn Kidd Man,
Chui Ming Gemmy Cheung,
Kumari Neelam,
Eva Fenwick,
Charumathi Sabanayagam,
YihChung Tham,
Ning Tan,
Paul Mitchell,
Tien Yin Wong,
ChingYu Cheng,
Ecosse L. Lamoureux
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.163
H-Index - 20
ISSN - 2162-0989
DOI - 10.1097/apo.0000000000000275
Subject(s) - macular degeneration , medicine , cataract surgery , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , cohort , relative risk , cohort study , ophthalmology , rate ratio , surgery , physics , optics
The aim of this study was to determine whether cataract surgery was associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) development in Asian patients.