Cemil Apaydin, Yusuf Akar, Mustafa Unal, Koray Demir, Meryem Guler, Pinar Tavas (Antalya, Turkey) Advantages: The importance and effect of vitrectomy in patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome (VMTS). Methods: 31 eyes of 29 patients with macular edema due to VMT who underwent vitrectomy to relieve macular traction are reviewed retrospectively. The diagnosis of VMT was based on the findings of clinical examination and optical...
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Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy for the Treatment of Vitreoretinal Complications in Diabetic Patients
Yusuf Akar, K. Cemil Apaydin, Mustafa Unal, Erkan Coban, Koray Demir, Koray Ahat, Meryem Guler, Pinar Tavas (Antalya, Turkey) Advantages: 23 Gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy appears to be a feasible option in treating vitreoretinal complications in diabetic patients, with the potential benefit of reducing postoperative ocular irritation. Methods: Seventy four eyes of 76 consecutive patients with diabetes mellitus who...
Read MoreThe Effect of Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide on Optic Nerve Head Topography
Yusuf Akar, Cemil Apaydin, Meryem Altin, Asli Oner Purpose: To assess the effects of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection on optic nerve head topography. Methods: The study population consisted of one eye of 23 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with clinically significant macular edema. None of the patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy or a history of retinal laser photocoagulation. All eyes had received 4 mg of...
Read MoreLongitudinal Changes in Retinal Sensitivity upon Intravitreal Triamcinolone (IVT) Acetonide in Diabetic Patients with Macular Edema
K. C. Apaydin, Y. Akar, H. Ozer Purpose: To evaluate the effect of intravitreal triamcinolone injection on the retinal sensitivity during the course of diabetic macular edema. Methods: The study population consisted of one eye of 33 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with clinically significant macular edema. None of the patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy or a history of retinal laser photocoagulation. All eyes had received...
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