1. Results of Scharioth macular lens implant in patients with age-related macular degeneration
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Medeiros, Felipe Beltrão, Rebelo, Paulo Bernardo Ferreira, Medeiros, Hilton Arcoverde Gonçalves de, and Porfirio-Neto, Francisco
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Quality of life ,Implante de lente intraocular ,Qualidade de vida ,Visual acuity ,Lens implantation, intraocular ,Macular degeneration ,Acuidade visual ,Degeneração macular ,Catarata ,Cataract - Abstract
Objective: To describe the outcomes in terms of near visual acuity and quality of life in 10 patients submitted to Scharioth Macular Lens implantation. Setting: João Eugênio Eye Institute, Brasilia, Brazil. Design: Uncontroled clinical trial. Methods: Ten pseudophakic patients with DMRI were submitted to the implantation of intraocular SML in the dominant eye in the period of December of 2017 to the March of 2018. All the patients had answered the Low-Vision Quality of Life Questionaire (LVQOLQ) before and after the surgery, with interval of 30 days. Results: The results points showed a statistical significant improvement (p
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- 2019