title: Vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous hemorrhage.
abstract: The surgical results for 248 eyes that underwent vitrectomy for diabetic vitreous hemorrhage showed that at the final examinations, 194 (78%) had improved visual acuities, 43 (17%) had worse visual acuities, and 11 (4%) were unchanged. Of the 248 eyes, 60 (24%) had final visual acuities of 20/40 or better, 128 eyes (52%) had final visual acuities of 20/50 to 20/800, and 60 (24%) had final visual acuities worse than 20/800. Eyes with preoperative iris neovascularization had a substantially worse visual result than eyes without this complication. Eyes in which the lenses were removed during vitrectomy also had worse visual results, primarily because they had a higher cumulative incidence of postoperative iris neovascularization and neovascular glaucoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*