title: Treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment secondary to proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: Fifty eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy were treated surgically. Follow-up examination was from six months to 14 years with an average of 33 months. Successful reattachment of the retina was achieved in 74% of the cases, and visual acuity was preserved or improved in 60%.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity