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Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Jaffe, GJ; Burton, TC
Published in: Arch Ophthalmol
June 1988

Eight patients experienced progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction. Six patients underwent an uncomplicated extracapsular cataract extraction with placement of a posterior chamber intraocular lens, and in two patients, surgery was complicated by vitreous loss. In each case the retinopathy progressed to a severe exudative form of diabetic macular edema, characterized by diffuse retinal thickening and fluorescein leakage with increased dot and blot hemorrhages and lipid deposition. In all patients, clinically significant macular edema developed in the eye that had been operated on, and six patients received laser photocoagulation for this condition. Final visual acuity was worse than preoperative visual acuity in six of eight patients, and it was unchanged in two of six patients. No patient achieved a visual acuity better than 20/50. The fellow eyes, which were not operated on, remained stable during the follow-up period.

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Arch Ophthalmol

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ISSN

0003-9950

Publication Date

June 1988

Volume

106

Issue

6

Start / End Page

745 / 749

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Humans
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Female
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Cataract Extraction
  • Aged
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry
 

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Jaffe, G. J., & Burton, T. C. (1988). Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction. Arch Ophthalmol, 106(6), 745–749. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130815029
Jaffe, G. J., and T. C. Burton. “Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction.Arch Ophthalmol 106, no. 6 (June 1988): 745–49. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130815029.
Jaffe GJ, Burton TC. Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction. Arch Ophthalmol. 1988 Jun;106(6):745–9.
Jaffe, G. J., and T. C. Burton. “Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction.Arch Ophthalmol, vol. 106, no. 6, June 1988, pp. 745–49. Pubmed, doi:10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130815029.
Jaffe GJ, Burton TC. Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy following cataract extraction. Arch Ophthalmol. 1988 Jun;106(6):745–749.

Published In

Arch Ophthalmol

DOI

ISSN

0003-9950

Publication Date

June 1988

Volume

106

Issue

6

Start / End Page

745 / 749

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Postoperative Complications
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Humans
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Female
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Cataract Extraction
  • Aged
  • 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry