Objective To observe the efficacy of vitreoretinal surgery on proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Methods Retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 451 patients with DM (71 with type 1 and 380 with type 2) who underwent PDR from June 1999 to October 2003. The follow-up period was at least 14 months with the average of 29 months. The pre-and post-operative visual acuity, progression and regression of iris neovascular (INV), neovascular glaucoma (NVG), and the reattached and being attached rate of retina were observed and compared between the two groups. The effect of different types of DM on vitreoretinal surgery for PDR were observed. Results The preoperative data showed that the number of type 1 DM patients with severe PDR was more than the type 2 DM patients: the rate of grade VI PDR, the visual acuity lower than 0.1, INV and NVG were all higher that which in type 1 DM patients. The increased ratio of postoperative visual acuity was 64.8% (46/71) in type 1 DM patients and 72.4% (275/380) in type 2 DM patients (P=0.196). There were 75.0% patients with PDR combined with rubeosis iridis in type 1 DM group and 60.0% in type 2 DM group (P=0.678);the rate of new rubeosis iridis after surgery was 6.3% in type 1 DM group and 5.6% in type 2 DM group (P=0.822). The intraocular pressure of NVG eyes were all controlled effectively in both type 1 and type 2 DM groups, and INV did not regressed only in one case in type 1 DM group. In the patients with preoperative retinal detachment at the grade VI of PDR, the rate of retinal reattachment after on off operation was 87.2% in type 1 DM group and 89.8% in type 2 DM (P=0.611); the rate of retina being-attachment after one-off surgery were 90.1% in type 1 DM group and 93.4% in type 2 DM group, respectively (P=0.323). Conclusion There was no obvious difference of surgical efficacy on the two types of DM in patients with PDR. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,2007,23:248-251)
Citation: TAO Yong,JIANG Yanrong,LI Xiaoxin,et al.. Comparison of efficacy of vitreoretinal surgery on proliferative diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes . Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2007, 23(4): 248-251. doi: Copy