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ArticleDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2020

Ranibizumab Pretreatment in Vitrectomy with Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling on Diabetic Macular Edema in Severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.

Jian Guan, Na Cai, Li-Min Liu, Ning Zhao, Ning-Ning Liu

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Article in Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jian GuanThe Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Na CaiThe Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Li-Min LiuThe Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Ning ZhaoThe Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China.
Ning-Ning LiuThe Department of Ophthalmology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. ningning1688@126.com.
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Abstract

aimTo evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) pretreatment for pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) combined with macular edema (ME).

methodsSixty-three patients with ME and PDR were divided into IVR and control groups. Three days before PPV stripping, ranibizumab was injected into the patients in the IVR group. The patients were followed for 6 months. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), visual acuity improvement, centre macular thickness (CMT), and intraoperative and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups.

resultsThe BCVA of the IVR group was significantly improved at 1, 3 and 6 months compared with the preoperative BCVA (P < 0.01). The BCVA of the control group was significantly improved at 3 and 6 months compared with the preoperative BCVA (P < 0.01), but was not significantly improved at 1 month. At 1 and 3 months, the BCVA of the IVR group was significantly better than that of the control group after surgery, with no difference between the two groups at 6 months. The CMT of the IVR group was thinner than that of the control group at 1 and 3 months (P < 0.01), with no significant difference at 6 months after surgery. The surgical time, the risk of intraoperative bleeding, the incidence of iatrogenic retinal breaks, the frequency of endodiathermy and the rate of silicone oil tamponade were significantly different between the two groups (all P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of postoperative complications.

conclusionsRanibizumab pretreatment may improve the outcome of PPV with ILM peeling for severe PDR with ME by decreasing ME and intraoperative complications.

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Diabetic macular edemaProliferative diabetic retinopathyRanibizumabVitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling

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