title: Importance of the vitreous in young diabetics with macular edema.
abstract: The authors assessed retrospectively the clinical records of 80 patients (137 eyes) with diabetic retinopathy who were 50 years of age or younger and who had undergone a vitreous examination. The group comprised 53 patients (91 eyes) with macular edema and 27 patients (46 eyes) without macular edema. Vitreous studies using the El Bayadi-Kajiura lens determined whether the posterior vitreous was attached to the retina in the macula. Forty (42.1%) of 91 eyes in the edema group and none (0%) of the 46 eyes in the nonedema group had a detached posterior vitreous. This difference was statistically significant, indicating that young diabetic patients with macular edema have a significantly higher rate of posterior vitreous detachment than those without macular edema.
authors.affiliation: Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation, Boston.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Nasrallah
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van de Velde
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jalkh
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Trempe
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: McMeel
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Schepens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000503:physiopathology*