To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined pars plana vitrectomy and planned foveal detachment through subretinal injection of ringer's solution in patients with non-tractional refractory diabetic macular edema.
In non-tractional cases, PPV allows a more efficient clearance of VEGF and other cytokines from the retina and improves retinal oxygenation by promotion of intraocular fluid currents, and relief of any subclinical tractional forces, thereby reducing DME. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined pars plana vitrectomy and planned foveal detachment through subretinal injection of ringer's solution in patients with non-tractional refractory diabetic macular edema.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
vitrectomy + ILM peeling +/- planned foveal detachment via subretinal injection of ringer's solution.
Ain Shams university
Cairo, Egypt
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGAin Shams university
Cairo, Egypt
RECRUITINGchange in CMT by OCT at final visit
decrease or increase in central macular thickness by OCT
Time frame: after 1 month and 3 months
change in BCVA at final visit
decrease or increase in best corrected visual acuity
Time frame: after 1 month and 3 months
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