Long‐term results, prognostic factors and cataract surgery after diabetic vitrectomy: a 10‐year follow‐up study

Abstract

Most diabetic vitrectomy patients stand to gain visual acuity ≥0.3 after surgery and a stable long-term visual acuity after 1 year. The only consistent long-term predictor of low vision after surgery is use of silicone oil for endotamponade. About 2/3 of phakic patients will subsequently have cataract surgery the first 10 years after diabetic vitrectomy.