Changes in and the association of retinal blood perfusion and retinal nerves in diabetic patients without retinopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore intraretinal blood flow perfusion and nerve changes, as well as the correlation between them, in diabetic patients without diabetic retinopathy (NDR).

Method

Eighty-six NDR patients (86 eyes) who attended the ophthalmology clinic between December 2019 and December 2021 were included. Sixty-four eyes of 64 healthy examined controls in the same period were selected as the control group. The patients underwent routine ophthalmological examination, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography.

Results

The average thickness, minimum thickness and thickness of each quadrant except for the superior temporal quadrant of the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) in the macular area of the affected eyes in the NDR group were lower than that

SUBMITTER: Hao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9887038 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature