Association Between Light Spectrum and Survival After Cataract Surgery

Association Between the Implantation of Conventional or Blue Light-filtering Intraocular Lens and Survival Among Patients Undergoing Bilateral Cataract Surgery: a Multi-center, Observational Cohort Study

This study was a retrospective observational cohort analysis of subjects aged 65 years and older, who underwent bilateral cataract surgery within a single (15 hospital) healthcare system, to determine the association between type (conventional or blue-light filtering) of implanted intraocular lens and survival.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The study population consisted of all adult patients (at least 65 years) who underwent bilateral cataract surgery between January 01, 2012 and January 01, 2018 within the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) healthcare system. To be considered bilateral and concomitant, cataract surgery had to be performed on both the left and the right eye within a 365-day period.

Exclusion Criteria:

• We excluded patients undergoing unilateral cataract surgery, surgery to replace or repair a previously implanted IOL, or bilateral implantation with one Blue-IOL and one Natural-IOL (i.e., mixed IOL transmission properties).