Significant improvement in dynamic visual acuity after cataract surgery: a promising potential parameter for functional vision.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Dynamic visual acuity (DVA) is a relatively independent parameter for evaluating the ability to distinguish details of a moving target. The present study has been designed to discuss the extent to which age-related cataract impacts DVA in elderly individuals and to determine whether it could be restored after bilateral phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation surgery.

Methods

Twenty-six elderly cataract patients scheduled for binocular cataract surgery and 30 elderly volunteers without cataract were enrolled in the study. DVA at 15, 30, 60 and 90 degree per second (dps) was assessed, and velocity-dependent visual acuity decreases between consecutive speed levels were calculated.

Results

Compared with the control group, the patient group

SUBMITTER: Ao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277412 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature