Title: Improvement of Functional Visual Acuity After Cataract Surgery in Patients With Good Pre- and Postoperative Spectacle-corrected Visual Acuity
Abstract:Purpose: To report the changes in functional visual acuity in cataract surgery patients with good pre- and postoperative visual acuity. Methods: Functional visual acuity was evaluated in 13 eyes of 10...Purpose: To report the changes in functional visual acuity in cataract surgery patients with good pre- and postoperative visual acuity. Methods: Functional visual acuity was evaluated in 13 eyes of 10 patients before and 1 month after phacoemulsification with implantation of acrylic intraocular lenses. Pre- and postoperative best spectacle-corrected visual acuities (BSCVA) were better than 20/25 in all patients. Low contrast visual acuity and Schirmer tests were also performed before and after surgery. Results: Mean pre- and postoperative logMAR BSCVA were −0.02±0.06 and −0.05±0.04, respectively ( P >.05). Mean preoperative logMAR functional visual acuity improved from 0.29±0.17 to 0.092±0.13 postoperatively ( P <.05). The visual maintenance ratio in functional visual acuity and low contrast visual acuity also improved significantly after cataract surgery ( P <.05). Conclusions: Measurement of functional visual acuity seems to be useful in the evaluation of timing of surgery, visual quality, and changes in kinetic vision after phacoemulsification surgery. [ J Refract Surg . 2009;25:410–415.]Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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