PURPOSE To investigate the advantages of ultrawide-field fluorescein angiography (FA) over the standard fundus examination in the evaluation of diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS Ultrawide-field FAs were obtained in 118 eyes of 59 diabetic patients; 11 eyes with no DR, 71 eyes with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), and 36 eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR), diagnos...

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is an eye condition that mainly affects individuals who have diabetes and one of the important causes blindness in adults. As infection progresses, it may lead to permanent loss vision. Diagnosing diabetic retinopathy manually with help ophthalmologist has been a tedious very laborious procedure. This paper not only focuses on detection but also analysis different DR s...

BACKGROUND Anemia may be considered to be an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with renal failure. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between blood hemoglobin level and retinopathy in diabetic patients with normal renal function tests. METHODS From 2009 to 2011, 1100 diabetic patients underwent retinal examination. A...

The role of cytokines in diabetic retinopathy (DR) and effects of fenofibrate on cytokines were explored by observing changes in serum IL-1β, TNF-α, VEGF, and Lp-PLA2 in different stages of DR and the intervention effect of oral fenofibrate on cytokines.In total, 190 patients with type 2 DR were enrolled and divided into 3 groups: diabetic without retinopathy (NDR) group (n = 30), nonproliferat...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION To collectively evaluate the association between haptoglobin (Hp) gene variants and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS A comprehensive literature review was performed for eligible studies. After inclusion and exclusion selection as well as quality assessment, those studies meeting quality standards were included. In this study...

introduction: diabetic retinopathy (dr) is one of the most serious and most frequent eye diseases in the world and the most common cause of blindness in adults between 20 and 60 years of age. following 15 years of diabetes, about 2% of the diabetic patients are blind and 10% suffer from vision impairment due to dr complications. this paper addresses the automatic detection of microaneurysms (ma...

ABSTRACT: Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading cause blindness worldwide and laser therapy has a basic role in control diabetic retinopathy. Green therapies are performed both for proliferative macular edema. The aim our study was to determine frequencies different stages patients undergoing setup. Materials & Methods: This descriptive conducted at department Ophthalm...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common and specific complications of diabetes. Thus, intervention is required to lower the incidence and prevalence of sight-threatening retinopathy. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and incidence of diabetic retinopathy in elderly diabetic patients receiving early diagnosis and proper treatment and to explore risk factors for ...

The incidence of diabetes in Mauritius is amongst the highest world. Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a complication resulting from disease, can lead to blindness if not detected early. aim this work was investigate use transfer learning and data augmentation for classification fundus images into five different stages diabetic retinopathy. are No DR, Mild nonproliferative Moderate Severe DR Prolifera...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of a strategy for early detection of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) in Quintana Roo, México. METHODS Study transversal, observational, prospective, analytical, eight primary care units from Mexican Social Security Institute in the northern delegation of the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico were included. A program for early ...