Background: 26 million people were estimated to be affected by diabetes in 2010 across the globe. Diabetic macular edema (DME) is the most important cause of visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy. Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive modality which produces cross-sectional or three-dimensional, high-resolution images of the retinal layers and quantitative assessment of r...

Purpose: To determine role of systemic risk factors in focal and diffuse macular edema Methods: Total of 86 patients of type 2 diabetes with retinopathy were studied during Aug12 to Sept 2014. All were evaluated for maculopathy by slit lamp biomicroscopy and fluorescein angiography. Systemic control is evaluated with clinical examination and laboratory investigations Result: of 172 eyes, 62.8% ...

PURPOSE To describe an association between extrafoveal vitreoretinal traction and intractable chronic pseudophakic cystoid macular edema (CME) by the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS In a retrospective case series study, charts and OCT findings of patients who had postoperative recalcitrant pseudophakic CME for at least 6 months and vitreoretinal traction membranes were anal...

OBJECTIVE To explore the multifocal electroretinogram in patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with clinically-significant macular edema. METHODS Forty-one eyes with clinically significant macular edema were tested. The latencies and amplitudes of average responses of 5 eccentric rings from 0 to 26 degrees relative to the fixation point were compared with normal values obtained ...

PURPOSE Triamcinolone acetonide (TA) is an alternative option for diabetic macular edema thanks to its cost-benefit ratio and unique delivery route. We performed this study to compare vitrectomized with nonvitrectomized eyes treated with subtenon TA injection for diabetic macular edema. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients who had undergone subteno...

PURPOSE To compare the visual acuity and macular thickness in patients with diabetic retinopathy presenting and not presenting macular edema before treatment and submitted to argon laser retinal panphotocoagulation. METHODS Patients were included and classified into two groups before the treatment. All patients were submitted to ophthalmological examination and optical coherence tomography, f...

PURPOSE Diabetic macular edema can be refractory to multiple treatment modalities. Although there have been anecdotal reports of ranibizumab showing efficacy when other modalities provided limited benefit, little has been published on treatment for refractory diabetic macular edema. This study sought to investigate this observation further. METHODS Retrospective chart review. RESULTS Thirty...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fluorescein angiography (FA) in the guidance of macular laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema. METHODS This was a prospective interventional clinical comparative pilot study. Forty eyes from 24 consecutive patients with diabetic macular edema were allocated to ...

purpose : central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) is the most common vascular event in the eye after diabetic retinopathy. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone (ivt) on acute crvo. materials & methods : in a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial, 27 eyes with recent onset (less than 2 months) crvo were randomly assigned to two groups. the treatment gro...

PURPOSE The outcome of vitrectomy combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation (PEA+IOL) for diabetic macular edema was evaluated. METHODS Included in this study were 31 patients (42 eyes) with clinically significant diabetic macular edema, in whom posterior vitreous detachment was not observed. Pars plana vitrectomy combined with PEA+IOL was performed on 15 eyes. Sixte...