The UK Diabetic Retinopathy Electronic Medical Record (UK DR EMR) Users Group, Report 2: real-world data for the impact of cataract surgery on diabetic macular oedema.

Alastair Keith DennistonUsha ChakravarthyHaogang ZhuAaron Y LeeDavid P CrabbAdnan TufailClare BaileyToks AkereleSahar Al-HusainyChristopher BrandLouise DowneyAlan FittRehna KhanVineeth KumarAires LoboSajjad MahmoodKaveri MandalMartin MckibbinGeeta MenonSalim NathaJong Min OngMarie D TsaloumasAtul VarmaElizabeth WilkinsonRobert L JohnstonCatherine A Egannull null

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2017)

This large real-world study demonstrates that the rate of developing treatment-requiring DMO increases sharply in the year after cataract surgery for all grades of retinopathy, peaking in the 3-6 months' postoperative period. Patients with moderate and severe NPDR are at particularly high risk.

Keyphrases

cataract surgery
diabetic retinopathy
optical coherence tomography
type diabetes
patients undergoing
cross sectional
early onset
electronic health record
big data
high intensity
machine learning
combination therapy
artificial intelligence
deep learning
smoking cessation