OBJECTIVE: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) leads to some problems in the eye surgery specially cataract surgery. As the prevalence of eye problems is high in diabetic patients, we meant to assess the prevalence of PEX in diabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 400 type 2 diabetic patients aged 50 or above who referred to Yazd Diabetes Research Center were sele...

AIMS To follow visual acuity (VA) and progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR) after phacoemulsification in diabetic patients with different stages of DR and controls. METHODS This prospective study included 27 diabetic patients with no or mild to moderate non-proliferative DR; 25 patients with moderate to severe non-proliferative, or proliferative DR; and 22 non-diabetic controls. All patien...

PURPOSE To describe nepafenac use in the Netherlands and Denmark with reference to its approved indications. For context, we also describe the use of ketorolac and diclofenac. METHODS We identified users in the PHARMO Database Network (the Netherlands, 2008-2013) and the Danish national health registers (Denmark, 1994-2014). We described prevalence of cataract surgery and duration of use in p...

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of diabetes on early and mid-term survival in the Hong Kong Chinese population undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Regional hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS A total of 904 consecutive patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery from November 1999 to December 2003 were prospectively analysed. Among th...

Purpose: To determine the long-term, all-cause mortality rate of diabetic patients requiring vitrectomy surgery for tractional retinal detachment (TRD). Design: Institutional review boardeapproved, retrospective, comparative study. Participants: Four hundred eyes of 316 patients undergoing vitrectomy surgery from 2005 to 2015. Methods: Long-term, all-cause mortality rates in the study populatio...

We reviewed 25 diabetic (mean age 68 years) and 25 non-diabetic patients (mean age 71 years) who had undergone decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis at a mean of 3.4 years after operation to determine whether diabetes affected the outcome of surgery. The preoperative symptoms were similar in the two groups except that an abrupt onset of symptoms, the presence of night pain and the absence of...

AIMS Some recent studies have reported-superior outcomes for diabetic patients following coronary bypass surgery compared with coronary angioplasty. However, the available data are conflicting, are based on relatively small numbers of diabetic patients, and have limited duration of follow-up. The aims of this study were to compare risk adjusted long-term survival in diabetic patients following ...