Natural evolution of massive vitreous hemorrhage in diabetic retinopathy.
A study of 131 eyes with massive vitreous hemorrhage of diabetic origin showed that 3 months after the hemorrhage visual acuity had improved in 34 eyes (25.9%), was unchanged in 82 (62.6%), and had worsened in 15 (11.4%). The number of eyes improving between 3 and 6 months post-hemorrhage was the same as the number whose visual acuity worsened, 19 (14.5%). After 6 months, the proportion of worsening eyes was much greater than that of improving eyes, so that 2 years post-hemorrhage, 48.8% of the 86 eyes remaining in the study had visual acuity of below hand-movements standard, and 29.1% visual acuity better than hand-movements standard, as against respectively 22.1% and 38.2% of the original 131 eyes 6 months post-hemorrhage.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Cordido
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Fernández-Vigo
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Fandiño
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Sánchez-Salorio
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology