Intraocular vision-improving devices in age-related macular degeneration.

ABSTRACT: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness, especially in western countries, and will substantially burden society and the world's health care system. Patients with late AMD often accompany a progressive loss of central vision, which will heavily influence the quality of life and associated with increased risk of functional disability. The principal visual rehabilitation methods with low-vision magnifiers, such as hand or stand magnifiers, spectacles, and closed-circuit television, were cumbersome to use and cosmetically burdensome. Therefore, the development of intraocular vision-improving devices has become an attractive alternative to extraocular visual aids, and better life quality improvement has been reached among AMD patients. To evaluate each device's sa

SUBMITTER: Grzybowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7729333 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature