Outcomes of cataract surgery: improvement in visual acuity and subjective visual function after surgery in the first, second, and both eyes

JC Javitt, MH Brenner, B Curbow… - Archives of …, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
• Objective.—No previous study documents improvement in visual acuity and subjective
visual function associated with cataract surgery in the first eye, second eye, and both eyes …

Gains from cataract surgery: visual function and quality of life.

P Desai, A Reidy, DC Minassian, G Vafidis… - British journal of …, 1996 - bjo.bmj.com
AIMS: To describe the impact of cataract surgery in terms of visual function (functioning in
everyday life with respect to vision dependent activities) and health related quality of life …

Cataract surgery in one eye or both: a billion dollar per year issue

JC Javitt, EP Steinberg, P Sharkey, OD Schein… - Ophthalmology, 1995 - Elsevier
Purpose: To measure the relative effect of cataract surgery in the second eye compared with
the first eye on functional impairment, satisfaction, and vision problems. Methods: Seventy …

National study of cataract surgery outcomes: variation in 4-month postoperative outcomes as reflected in multiple outcome measures

EP Steinberg, JM Tielsch, OD Schein, JC Javitt… - Ophthalmology, 1994 - Elsevier
Background: Although ophthalmologists have long recognized that visual acuity alone is an
inadequate measure of visual impairment, the need for and outcomes of cataract surgery …

In a randomized controlled trial, cataract surgery in both eyes increased benefits compared to surgery in one eye only

X Castells, M Comas, J Alonso, M Espallargues… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Despite recommendation of surgery in both eyes in
patients with bilateral cataract, there is little evidence about the benefits of second-eye …

Improvements in clinical and functional vision and perceived visual disability after first and second eye cataract surgery

DB Elliott, A Patla, MA Bullimore - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1997 - bjo.bmj.com
AIMS To determine the improvements in clinical and functional vision and perceived visual
disability after first and second eye cataract surgery. METHODS Clinical vision (monocular …

Improvements in visual ability with first-eye, second-eye, and bilateral cataract surgery measured with the visual symptoms and quality of life questionnaire

VK Gothwal, TA Wright, EL Lamoureux… - Journal of Cataract & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine whether the Visual Symptoms and Quality of Life Questionnaire
(VSQ), which was developed to be sensitive to second-eye cataract surgery, has satisfactory …

Quality of life after first-and second-eye cataract surgery: five-year data collected by the Swedish National Cataract Register

M Lundström, U Stenevi, W Thorburn - Journal of Cataract & Refractive …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: To study the benefits of surgery and satisfaction with vision after first-and second-
eye cataract surgery in comparable groups of patients. Setting: Clinics participating in the …

Dissatisfaction with cataract surgery in relation to visual results in a population-based study in Sweden

E Mönestam, L Wachtmeister - Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, 1999 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate dissatisfied patients and those with subjectively worse visual ability
after cataract surgery and to analyze how these factors relate to poor visual acuity results …

Predictors of outcome in patients who underwent cataract surgery

OD Schein, EP Steinberg, SD Cassard, JM Tielsch… - Ophthalmology, 1995 - Elsevier
Purpose: To identify preoperative patient characteristics associated with a lack of
improvement on one or more measures 4 months after cataract surgery. Methods: The …