Results of two-stage and simultaneous surgical treatment of patients with advanced proliferative diabetic retinopathy and complicated incipient cataract.
Konovalova K.I., Shishkin M.M., Babaeva D.B.
Federal state budgetary institution «National Medical and Surgical Center named after N.I. Pirogov» of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
Brief summary
Aim: Undertake a comparative analysis of the results two-stage or simultaneously vitreoretinal surgery with phacoemulsification of PDR patients.
Material and methods: 52 cases of surgery treatment of patients with PDR and complicated primary cataract were analyzed. These patients were divided into three groups. In the 1st group patients were subjected to a two-step surgical procedure: vitreoretinal surgery with gas tamponade performed as the 1st step in their treatment; followed by the 2d step, phacoemulsification surgery and the IOL implantation. In the 2d group phacoemulsification performed simultaneously with vitreoretinal surgery: phacoemulsification, IOL implantation, vitreoretinal surgery with gas tamponade.
Results: Outcomes of the preliminary studies suggest that it is more viable to perform phacoemulsification surgery sometime later along on PDR patients with complicated primary cataract.
Conclusions: This sequence of treatment procedure ensures a more gentle approach to the anatomic structures of the eye during the first stage (vitreoretinal surgery) and contributes to the reduction in the number of intraoperative and postoperative complications.
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