PMID: 3752850Jul 1, 1986Paper

Treating the complications of diabetic retinopathy with pars plana vitrectomy

Annals of Ophthalmology
A ArciniegasE Viteri

Abstract

The results of 150 cases of pars plana vitrectomy performed at the Clínica Barraquer, Bogotá, Colombia were studied as a treatment of diabetic retinopathy. Factors considered in this study were age, indication for surgery, type of surgery, insulin dependence, risk of complication, and postoperative treatment.

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