Visual Outcome in Moderate and Severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 99 (9) , 1551-1554
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1981.03930020425002
Abstract
• Four hundred eyes with moderate or severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy, initial good vision, and an average follow-up of 44.3 months were studied. Final visual acuity was 20/40 or better in 33% of these eyes, 20/50 to 5/200 in 32%, and 5/200 or worse in 35%. A poor visual prognosis was correlated with a traction detachment or relatively poor visual aculty at initial examination. No correlation was found between the length of follow-up and final visual prognosis. General guidelines are available for the management of these patients' conditions.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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