Functional and structural outcomes and complications after pars plana vitrectomy for severe features of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Karolina KazmierczakPaweł ŻuchowskiJoanna StafiejGrażyna Malukiewicz

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Functional improvement after PPV for severe features of proliferative diabetic retinopathy were more noticeable in patients with type 2 DM. Postoperative structural changes had more negative impact on BCVA in type 1 diabetics.

Keyphrases

diabetic retinopathy
optical coherence tomography
glycemic control
early onset
type diabetes
patients undergoing
drug induced
skeletal muscle
cardiovascular risk factors