[The complications of senile patients with diabetic retinopathy]

From December, 1990 to June, 1992, 114 patients with diabetic retinopathy were treated ambulatorally in our department. Among them 109 cases (42 males and 67 females) were older than 45 years with 210 diseased eyes. 65 eyes suffered from simple diabetic retinopathy, 145 eyes proliferative one. The visual acuity of 105 eyes (50%) was lower than 0.3, 65 eyes (30.95%) was lower than 0.05. 100 cases (91.74%) were complicated with cardiovascular diseases, 5 cases (4.5%) with cerebrovascular accident, 56 cases (51.40%) with hyperlipemia, 42 cases (61.76%) with high viscosity of the blood. Among the ophthalmic complications, macular disease occurred in 122 eyes, cataract in 88 eyes, central retinal vein obstruction in 15 eyes, neovascular glaucoma in 5 eyes.