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Vitreous surgery for diabetic macular edema--its prognosis and correlation between preoperative systemic and ocular
Noriko Hatano1, Atsushi Mizota, Minoru Tanaka
1Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, 279-0021, Japan.
Abstract:
The effectiveness of vitreous surgery for diabetic macular edema (DME), and the correlation between the preoperative systemic and ocular conditions and the visual outcome following vitrectomy were studied. Visual acuity improved in about 50% of the eyes. Both visual acuity and foveal thickness recovered 12 months after surgery and the improvement of visual acuity occurred later than the recovery of foveal thickness. The preoperative systemic condition does not affect the improvement of visual acuity, and thus it is not necessary to wait for good diabetic control if surgery is indicated.
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