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The Effect of Pars Plana Vitrectomy Combined With Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery in Phakic Diabetes Retinopathy Patients Over 45 Years Old: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Pars plana vitrectomy combined with cataract surgery. and Pars plana vitrectomy with subsequent cataract surgery. for Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Cataract. Completed, enrolled 129 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is one of the most widely used surgical therapies to proliferative diabetic retinopathy in the world. However, as a predictable consequence of PPV surgery, postoperative cataract is observed in 79%-95% of phakic diabetes retinopathy patients after PPV in 6-24 months and a subsequent cataract surgery is usually required. While, the subsequent cataract surgeries not only bring additional economy and workload burden, but also increase the surgical risks. Since the two-step surgical approach has its defects, the combination of PPV and phacoemulsification is an ideal surgical option. This study is a multi-center prospective study, aimed to evaluate the effect of PPV combined with phacoemulsification cataract surgery in phakic diabetes retinopathy patients, and make a comparation between the combined surgery and the two-step surgery in patients without severe lens opacities.
Study Details
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Interventions
In the combined surgery group, phakic diabetes retinopathy patients over 45 years old without severe lens opacity will receive pars plana vitrectomy combined with phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation at the same time.
In the control group, phakic diabetes retinopathy patients over 45 years old without severe lens opacity will first receive pars plana vitrectomy and a subsequent phacoemulsification with IOL implantation will be performed at least 6 month after the PPV.