Efficacy of vitrectomy combined with and without cataract surgery for diabetic macular edema: one-year follow-up multi-center study in Japan
What is known In vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema (DME), DRCR.net showed that 13-31% of patients experience decreased vision despite reduced edema, leaving the efficacy of vitrectomy uncertain. What is new Our multicenter study demonstrated that vitrectomy with and without cataract surgery was effective in improving central retinal thickness and visual acuity in the patients with DME. Better preoperative visual acuity increased the risk of postoperative decline, and thus the need for careful evaluation of surgical indications.
Authors
- Takao Hirano
- Yutaka Yamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-1673)
- Gaku Ishigooka
- Takashi Koto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4823-4386)
- Hisashi Matsubara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1890-5417)
- Fumiaki Higashijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3428-852X)
- Yutaro Mizusawa
- Yuki Nakano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-0841)
- Takeru Oyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8161-6573)
- Takeshi Iwase
- Reio Sekine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-3547)
- Eiko Tsuiki
- Yoshinori Mitamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-672X)
- Masayo Kimura
- Hiroto Terasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4085-138X)
- Masaru Inatani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-996X)
- Miho Shimizu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-817X)
- Yoshihiro Takamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-2245)
- Kazuma Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0533-016X)
- Akira Minamoto
Institutions
- Kagoshima University (JP)
- University of Fukui (JP)
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Shinshu University (JP)
- St. Marianna University School of Medicine (JP)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Yamaguchi University (JP)
- Mie University (JP)
- Kyorin University (JP)
- Kagawa University (JP)
- Akita University (JP)
- Nagoya City University (JP)
- Sapporo City General Hospital (JP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- National Defense Medical College (JP)
- Nara Medical University (JP)
- Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JP)
- Tokushima University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-025-06845-2
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Fukui
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science