Despite appropriate management of the systemic disease,patients with diabetes may develop severe forms of diabetic retinopathy that require surgery.Non-clearing vitreous haemorrhage(VH),traction retinal detachment inv...Despite appropriate management of the systemic disease,patients with diabetes may develop severe forms of diabetic retinopathy that require surgery.Non-clearing vitreous haemorrhage(VH),traction retinal detachment involving the macula,combined traction and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment,progressive fibrovascular proliferation(PFP)and rubeosis with acute VH represent the main indications for surgery.Vitrectomy techniques and surgical tools have developed dramatically in the last decade in order to help the surgeon succeed in these challenging cases.展开更多
文摘Despite appropriate management of the systemic disease,patients with diabetes may develop severe forms of diabetic retinopathy that require surgery.Non-clearing vitreous haemorrhage(VH),traction retinal detachment involving the macula,combined traction and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment,progressive fibrovascular proliferation(PFP)and rubeosis with acute VH represent the main indications for surgery.Vitrectomy techniques and surgical tools have developed dramatically in the last decade in order to help the surgeon succeed in these challenging cases.