Factors associated with visual acuity outcomes after vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema: diabetic retinopathy clinical research network.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate factors ¶associated with favorable outcomes after vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema.

Methods

Data were collected prospectively on 241 eyes undergoing vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema. Multivariate models were used to evaluate associations of 20 preoperative and intraoperative factors with 6-month outcomes of visual acuity and retinal thickness.

Results

Median central subfield thickness decreased from 412 μm to 278 μm at 6 months, but median visual acuity remained unchanged (20/80, Snellen equivalent). Greater visual acuity improvement occurred in eyes with worse baseline acuity (P < 0.001) and in eyes in which an epiretinal membrane was removed (P = 0.006). Greater reduction in central subfield thickness occurred with worse baseline visual

SUBMITTER: Flaxel CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2975977 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature