Relationship between renal function and prognosis of Chinese proliferative diabetic retinopathy patients undergoing the first vitrectomy: protocol for a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

China has the largest number of adults with diabetes aged 20-79 years (116.4 million) in 2019. Due to the socioeconomic condition or a lack of awareness of diabetic complications, many adults with diabetes have proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) or renal function impairment at their first visit to the clinic for a sudden loss of vision, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is required for their treatment. Risk factors for the outcomes and complications of PPV surgery in PDR patients have been widely explored in many epidemiological studies and clinical trials. However, few prospective studies have analysed the association between renal function and surgical outcomes in PDR.

Methods and analysis

This is a single-centre, prospective cohort study of PDR patients w

SUBMITTER: Lei C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650473 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature