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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2021

Comparison of anatomical and functional outcomes of vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peeling in recalcitrant diabetic macular edema with and without traction in Indian patients.

S J Vikas, Divya Agarwal, Sankalp Seth, Aman Kumar, Atul Kumar

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Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  1. Concurrent vitrectomy with phacoemulsification for subclinical diabetic macular edema: a long-term comparative study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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  4. Current Treatments for Diabetic Macular Edema.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S J VikasDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Divya AgarwalDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sankalp SethDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Aman KumarDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Atul KumarDr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo study and compare the outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with the internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling in the eyes with recalcitrant diabetic macular edema (DME) with and without vitreomacular traction.

methodsA comparative prospective interventional study was undertaken in which group 1 included 45 eyes of 45 patients with DME with vitreomacular tractional component and group 2 included 45 eyes of 45 patients with recalcitrant DME without a tractional component. Both groups underwent standard PPV with ILM peeling. All the patients were followed up for a minimum of 6 months. The parameters evaluated were changes in the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) parameters, and occurrence of any intraoperative/postoperative surgical complication.

resultsThe mean CMT improved significantly from 540.6 and 490.2 μm at the baseline to 292.5 and 270.6 μm at 6 months in groups 1 and 2, respectively (P < 0.001). The mean BCVA logMAR improved from 0.78 ± 0.21 to 0.62 ± 0.22 in group 1 and 0.84 ± 0.19 to 0.65 ± 0.21 in group 2 at 6 months follow-up which was not statistically significant. The improvement in the mfERG was seen in group 2 as a significant increase in P1 wave amplitude in ring 2 (2-5°) (P < 0.004) and a significant decrease in P 1 wave implicit time in ring 1 (central 2°) (P < 0.001). None of the eyes suffered from the loss of BCVA or any major surgical complication in either group.

conclusionPPV in recalcitrant DME provides good anatomical outcomes and the results are comparable in DME with and without a tractional component.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyEpiretinal MembraneMacular EdemaBasement MembraneHumansProspective StudiesRetinaRetrospective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceTractionVisual AcuityVitrectomyILM peelingrecalcitrant diabetic macular edematractional diabetic macular edemavitrectomy

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