Retina · 1988 · 10 citations · 0 references
MedicineOphthalmologySurgeryClinical Vision ScienceOcular DiseaseOphthalmic SurgeryDiabetic RetinopathyDiabetic Retinopathy EpidemiologyVisual ImpairmentVisual Loss EvaluationDiabetic Retinopathy Natural HistoryDiabetic Retinopathy ProgressionDiabetic Retinopathy Vision LossPostoperative Visual AcuityVisual Acuity GainsVisual Acuity ImprovementVisual Impairment From Diabetic RetinopathyVitreous Hemorrhage Management
A study of 131 eyes with massive vitreous hemorrhage of diabetic origin showed that 3 months after the hemorrhage visual acuity had improved in 34 eyes (25.9%), was unchanged in 82 (62.6%), and had worsened in 15 (11.4%). The number of eyes improving between 3 and 6 months post-hemorrhage was the same as the number whose visual acuity worsened, 19 (14.5%). After 6 months, the proportion of worsening eyes was much greater than that of improving eyes, so that 2 years post-hemorrhage, 48.8% of the 86 eyes remaining in the study had visual acuity of below hand-movements standard, and 29.1% visual acuity better than hand-movements standard, as against respectively 22.1% and 38.2% of the original 131 eyes 6 months post-hemorrhage.