Combined phacoemulsification and vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy: an increased risk of early recurrence but not long-term neovascular glaucoma
Gengjia Li, Ruibin Wu, Xinyi Zhang, Mingwei Zheng, Qiujie Chen · 2025
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Gengjia Li and four co-authors compare two eye surgery plans for advanced diabetic eye disease in a 2025 study. The disease grows fragile vessels inside the eye that bleed into the gel. Surgeons can clean the gel alone, or also remove the cloudy lens in the same session. The combined route saves a second operation, but its risks were debated.
The single-center study covered 548 eyes, 137 with the combined surgery and 411 with gel cleaning alone, each followed at least a year. Survival-style analysis tracked two harms over two years: fresh bleeding and a painful pressure disease from new vessels. Combined surgery brought more early repeat bleeding, but no extra long-term pressure disease. Matched checks confirmed the pattern, guiding the choice case by case.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Gengjia Li, Ruibin Wu, Xinyi Zhang, Mingwei Zheng, Qiujie Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |