title: Pars plana vitrectomy for the management of sever diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: In 100 severely diseased diabetic eyes we performed pars plana vitrectomy. After a median follow-up time of seven months, major visual improvement was achieved in 49% of the eyes. An additional four eyes maintained a preoperatively good visual acuity resulting in an overall success rate of 53%. Eyes with only vitreous hemorrhages did better (71%) than eyes with posterior retinal detachments (31%). We did not observe new tissue proliferation in any of the operated eyes.
mesh_terms: D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007498:Iris; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing