Treatment of diabetic macular edema in real-world clinical practice: The effect of aging.
Sentaro KusuharaMasahiko ShimuraShigehiko KitanoMasahiko SugimotoDaisuke MuramatsuHarumi FukushimaYoshihiro TakamuraMakiko MatsumotoMasahide KokadoJiro KogoMariko SasakiYuki MorizaneTakuya UtsumiOsamu KotakeTakashi KotoHiroto TerasakiTakao HiranoHiroto IshikawaYoshinori MitamuraFumiki OkamotoTakamasa KinoshitaKazuhiro KimuraKenji YamashiroYukihiko SuzukiTaiichi HikichiNoriaki WashioTomohito SatoKishiko OhkoshiHiroki TsujinakaMineo KondoHitoshi TakagiToshinori MurataTaiji Sakamotonull nullPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2022)
Compared with younger patients with DME, patients with DME aged ≥75 years showed less frequent treatment, a lower BCVA gain, and a smaller CRT decrease. The management and visual outcome in older patients with DME would be unsatisfactory in real-world clinical practice.