Vitrectomy in Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is an emerging cause of blindness throughout world. Despite adequate metabolic control and timely pan retinal photocoagulation some patients reach the stage of advanced diabetic retinopathy requiring surgical intervention. The surgical outcomes after diabetic vitrectomy have als...

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Main Authors: Varun Gogia, Sumeet Khanduja, Shikha Gupta, Ashish Kakkar, Saptorishi Majumdar, S P Garg, Rajpal Vohra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/0972-0200.376588
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Summary:Diabetic retinopathy is an emerging cause of blindness throughout world. Despite adequate metabolic control and timely pan retinal photocoagulation some patients reach the stage of advanced diabetic retinopathy requiring surgical intervention. The surgical outcomes after diabetic vitrectomy have also steadily improved with advances in vitreoretinal surgical instrumentation. In this review authors have described the established indications, surgical techniques and recent advances in the management of diabetic retinopathy
ISSN:0972-0200
2454-2784