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Results of vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Abstract
The authors treated 1007 eyes with vitrectomy for complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Indications for surgery were: vitreous hemorrhage, 353 eyes (35%); traction retinal detachment, 360 eyes (36%); combined traction-rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, 172 eyes (17%); and other progressive fibrovascular proliferation 122 eyes (12%). During the study period, the frequency of vitreous hemorrhage as an indication for surgery decreased from 42 to 25%, and other progressive fibrovascular proliferation increased from 5 to 22%. The frequency of traction and traction/rhegmatogenous retinal detachments did not change. The results of surgery varied according to the indication. Seventy-nine percent of eyes with vitreous hemorrhage obtained final vision of 5/200 or better. Similar results were obtained in 64% of eyes with traction detachment, 56% of eyes with rhegmatogenous detachment, and 81% of eyes with progressive fibrovascular proliferation. The percentage of eyes achieving final vision of 20/100 or better are as follows: vitreous hemorrhage, 48%; traction detachment, 27%; rhegmatogenous detachment, 24%; and progressive fibrovascular proliferation, 46%. The success rate improved in each anatomic category during the last 3 years of the study.
AuthorsJ T Thompson, S de Bustros, R G Michels, T A Rice, B M Glaser
JournalOphthalmology (Ophthalmology) Vol. 93 Issue 12 Pg. 1571-4 (Dec 1986) ISSN: 0161-6420 [Print] United States
PMID2433657 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Topics
  • Diabetic Retinopathy (complications)
  • Eye (blood supply)
  • Eye Diseases (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Hemorrhage (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Humans
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Retinal Detachment (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
  • Vision, Ocular
  • Vitrectomy
  • Vitreous Body

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