title: Vitreous surgery for diabetic macular edema--its prognosis and correlation between preoperative systemic and ocular conditions and visual outcome.
abstract: The effectiveness of vitreous surgery for diabetic macular edema (DME), and the correlation between the preoperative systemic and ocular conditions and the visual outcome following vitrectomy were studied. Visual acuity improved in about 50% of the eyes. Both visual acuity and foveal thickness recovered 12 months after surgery and the improvement of visual acuity occurred later than the recovery of foveal thickness. The preoperative systemic condition does not affect the improvement of visual acuity, and thus it is not necessary to wait for good diabetic control if surgery is indicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, 279-0021, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizota
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin