Introduction
AMD, blindness, vision loss, osteoporosis, trauma
AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, OSTEOPOROSIS, BLINDNESS
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries [AMD primarily affects the macula, leading to vision loss in the central 15 to 20 degrees of the visual field, often in both eyes. Not surprisingly, patients with AMD frequently sustain injuries, including skeletal trauma and fragility fractures [In 2010, the prevalence of osteoporosis among 50- to 84-year-old women from the European Union was estimated at 21%, compared with only 6% among men [We could identify only two published studies revealing an epidemiological link between osteoporosis and AMD [