NCT01307072

Compliance to Ophthalmic Follow-up Examinations and Surgical Outcome for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Compliance to Ophthalmic Follow-up Examinations Affect Outcome of Vitrectomy for Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 94 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kyorin University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The relationship between the surgical outcome of vitreous surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy and the compliance to ophthalmic follow-up examinations was evaluated.

Detailed description

The medical records of 94 patients that had undergone vitreous surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and were followed for at least 6 months were reviewed. The subjects were divided into three groups; the never-treated group consisting of patients who had no previous ophthalmic examination until the first visit when vitreous surgery was prescribed; the non-compliant group consisting of patients with a history of missing ophthalmic examination over a one year period, and the compliant group consisting of patients who had ophthalmic examinations at least once a year. The evaluations included age, gender, plasma level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) at the preoperative examination, presence of preoperative panretinal photocoagulation, preoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), postoperative BCVA at the final examination, status of the PDR, the numbers of vitreous surgeries, and presence of pre- and postoperative neovascular glaucoma.

Conditions

• Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Vitrectomy	Vitrectomy. Diabetic retinopathy

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-08-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2011-03-02
• Last updated: 2012-08-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Japan