Gabel, VP and Koll, R (1995) Diabetic retinopathia and its treatment. MEDIZINISCHE WELT, 46 (12). pp. 578-581. ISSN 0025-8512,
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Retinopathia diabetica (RD) is a severe complication of diabetes mellitus and is the main cause of legal blindness of working population in western countries. In average, 50% of diabetic patients show clinical signs of RD 25 years after the onset of diabetes mellitus. Patients with the type-I diabetes show in 40-60% a progressive, proliferative stage of RD after 20 to 25 years. This progressive form is in 30-40% of the cases usually associated with the severe loss of visual performance (visual acuity less 20/200). The visual prognosis can be improved by lasercoagulation leading to a reduction of legal blindness in about 60%. In severe cases a vitrectomy has to be performed in order to remove hemorrhages and epiretinal membranes as well as to reattach detached retina. Only a strong cooperation between general practitioners, internal medicine doctors and ophthalmologists will allow to detect early stages of Diabetes mellitus and the associated retinopathy and subsequently lead to a successful therapy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PHOTOCOAGULATION; diabetic retinopathy; lasercoagulation; vitrectomy |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 08:37 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/52192 |
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