title: [Nibble technology in diabetic retinopathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the nibble technology in the therapy of diabetic retinopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-three patients (ninety-two eyes) with proliferative diabetic retinopathy were treated in our department. All the patients received a standard pars plana vitrectomy. Fifty-two of them (fifty-eight eyes) were treated with nibble technology, while the other thirty-one (thirty-four eyes), who were treated with common procedure to tear the proliferative membrane, were served as a control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operative complication of iatrogenic retinal tears was observed in 2 eyes of the test group and 7 eyes of the control group (P < 0.05). Another operative complication of hemorrhage was observed in 4 eyes of the test group and 15 eyes of the control group (P < 0.01). There were 6 eyes of the test group and 5 eyes of the control group presented with grade-III postoperative responds (P > 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nibble technology is safe in the therapy of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and could reduce the complications during or after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China.
authors.forename: Jinglin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiulan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yonghao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*