Cochrane · systematic review · CD006757
Surgery for cataracts in people with age‐related macular degeneration
Casparis, H, Lindsley, K, Kuo, IC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
Eyes and VisionAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 20%Ungraded 1 · 20%Very low 1 · 20%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 1 · 20%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Immediate cataract surgery compared with delayed cataract surgery in eyes with age‐related macular degeneration
Population: people with cataract and age‐related macular degeneration
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean best‐corrected visual acuity (BCVA) (measured on the LogMAR scale; 0 = good vision, higher scores = worse vision) Immediate cataract surgery vs delayed cataract surgery | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 56 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Mean change in cumulated drusen or geographic atrophy area size (CDGAS) Immediate cataract surgery vs delayed cataract surgery | no estimate extracted | 6 participants | Ungraded |
Development of choroidal neovascularization Immediate cataract surgery vs delayed cataract surgery | RR 3.21 [0.14, 75.68] | 1 study · 56 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Quality of life (measured by the Impact of Vision Impairment questionnaire; higher mean scores represent better quality of life in the analyses, scale of 0 to 5) Immediate cataract surgery vs delayed cataract surgery | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 56 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Complications Immediate cataract surgery vs delayed cataract surgery | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |