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Article: New Data Show Blue Light-Filtering Intraocular Lens Implantation During Cataract Surgery Increases Nutritional Component of the Eye, Which May Offer Protection Against Age-Related Vision Loss.
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- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- November 22, 2009
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Results of an important new study show that implantation of blue light-filtering intraocular lens (IOLs) at the time of cataract surgery increases a nutritional component of the eye, which may afford protection against the development and/or progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, conducted by leading ophthalmology and vision researchers from the Macular Pigment Research Group at the Waterford Institute of Technology, is published in the October 2009 issue of the high impact journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS).1
AMD is a disease affecting the central part of the retina and is the leading cause of vision loss in ...