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This research aims to identify the proportion of blindness caused by neovascular manifestations of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Blindness due to Neovascular Maculopathy

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This research aims to identify the proportion of blindness caused by neovascular manifestations of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Analysis of data from the Framingham Eye Study and a large case-control study.
Assessment of legal blindness related to neovascular/exudative retinopathy in AMD patients.
Seventy-nine percent of eyes legally blind due to AMD in the Framingham population had neovascular/exudative retinopathy.
Ninety percent of eyes legally blind due to AMD in the case-control study had neovascular/exudative retinopathy.

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Data reveal high rates of blindness from neovascular age-related macular degeneration, suggesting urgent attention is needed.

Ferris et al. (1984) studied this question.

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