Association between Cataract Surgery and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the association between cataract surgery and the development and progression of AMD.

Methods

This meta-analysis was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42017077962). We conducted a systematic literature search in August 2020 in Embase and PubMed and included cohort studies, case-control studies, or randomized controlled trials (RCTs) if they examined the association between cataract surgery and AMD. Odds ratio (OR) was used as a measure of the association with a random effect model. The analysis was further stratified by factors that could affect the outcomes.

Results

15 studies were included in this study. In the overall analysis, cataract surgery was significantly associated with the incidence of late AMD

SUBMITTER: Yang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098349 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature