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| Name | Class |
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| Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of Vienna | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study was to find out if in patients with non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD), randomly assigned to cataract surgery, any AMD size progression or progression to exudative AMD could be detected 6 months after surgery.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control Group (CO) | No Intervention | Fifty-four patients with cataract and non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were randomized into an early surgery group (ES=28) with immediate cataract surgery and a control group (CO=26) where surgery was performed after six months. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Cataract Surgery | Procedure | Fifty-four patients with cataract and non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) were randomized into an early surgery group (ES=28) with immediate cataract surgery and a control group (CO=26) where surgery was performed after six months. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| AMD size (defined central region of interest) | To evaluate AMD size progression, absolute and relative differences in pixels of the ROI were cal-culated by equivalent tests. | at enrollment, after 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Functional ophthalmic assessments | Cataract grade (LOCS-III), Visual acuity (distance/near), contrast acuity tests, Visual Function Index (VF-14) | at enrollment, after 6 months |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The Rudolph Foundation Hospital, Dept. of Ophthalmology | Vienna | State of Vienna | 1030 | Austria |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008268 | Macular Degeneration |
| ID | Term |
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| D012162 | Retinal Degeneration |
| D012164 | Retinal Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002387 | Cataract Extraction |
| ID | Term |
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| D054140 | Refractive Surgical Procedures |
| D013508 | Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
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