Lasting Resolution of Diabetic Macular Edema and Stable Improvement of Visual Acuity after Treatment with Pars Plana Vitrectomy

Authors :: Claus E Jahn
Martina Kron
Patricia V. Schwacha
Jürgen Boller
Dörte C. Schöpfer
Silvia Sander
Thomas Heinzle
Source :: Ophthalmologica. 223:219-220
Publication Year :: 2009
Publisher :: S. Karger AG, 2009.
Abstract: We refer to our earlier publication in this journal [1] in which we – in agreement with the results obtained by many other investigators – reported a short-term beneficial effect of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) on the morphological and functional characteristics of eyes with diabetic macular edema. Since the duration of a Received: August 14, 2007 Accepted after revision: April 11, 2008 Published online: April 22, 2009

Subjects :: Pars plana
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Diabetic macular edema
Vitrectomy
General Medicine
eye diseases
Sensory Systems
Ophthalmology
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine
sense organs
medicine.symptom
business
After treatment

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