[Daunomycin in vitrectomy of complicated diabetic retinal detachment]

Fourteen eyes with combined traction and rhegmatogenous retinal detachments from proliferative diabetic retinopathy were treated with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and daunomycin applied to the vitreous cavity using the technique described by Wiedemann et al. for the treatment of proliferative retinopathy. The operations were completed by filling the vitreous with silicone. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of daunomycin and the reproliferation rate. After a follow-up period of at least 3 months, the post-operative results were compared with a control group of similar eyes treated with PPV and silicone tamponade alone. No evidence was found to the effect that daunomycin affects the rate of reproliferation.