Contrary to previous findings, a new study has claimed that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) does not progress faster among patients who have cataract surgery.
Published in this month's Archives of Ophthalmology, researchers reported that the rate of progression from non-neovascular to neovascular AMD in a patient's eye after cataract surgery was similar to the progression observed in their cataract-free eye during the same period.
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