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Diabetic Vitrectomy Update

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There have been considerable recent advances in vitrectomy tools and techniques for treating the complications of diabetic retinopathy. It is essential to recognize that to a substantial extent, a diabetic patient requiring vitrectomy indicates a failure of the diabetic screening process, patient education, medical management, retinopathy screening, and/or laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy. Early detection of clinically significant macular edema and intervention with focal laser is a remarkable success story as is pan-retinal photocoagulation for proliferative retinopathy. Prevention of retinopathy is better for the patient than laser treatment, which is, in turn, far less invasive than vitrectomy.

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, 6401 Popular Avenue, Suite 190, Memphis, TN, 38119

    Steven T. Charles M.D. (Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology)

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  1. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, New York, USA

    Eli A. Friedman M.D.

  2. Colombia University, New York, USA

    Francis A. L’Esperance Jr. M.D.

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Charles, S.T. (2002). Diabetic Vitrectomy Update. In: Friedman, E.A., L’Esperance, F.A. (eds) Diabetic Renal-Retinal Syndrome. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0614-9_6

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