Peripheral capillary non-perfusion in treatment-naïve proliferative diabetic retinopathy associates with postoperative disease activity 6 months after panretinal photocoagulation.

Thomas Lee TorpRyo KawasakiTien Yin WongTunde PetoJakob Grauslund

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2018)

We found the area of PCNP at all timepoints to be statistically larger in patients with active PDR 6 months after PRP treatment. Therefore, the area of PCNP, at baseline, may serve as a potential predictive marker for PDR activity after treatment.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
systemic lupus erythematosus
optical coherence tomography
patients undergoing
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
computed tomography
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
risk assessment