Cataract surgery in diabetes

Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2001 Jun;12(3):175-8. doi: 10.1097/00055735-200106000-00005.

Abstract

Recent studies of cataract surgery in diabetes confirm retinopathy severity and macular edema as the principal determinants of postoperative visual acuity, and link improved visual outcomes to the shift from conservative management toward earlier surgical intervention.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cataract / complications*
  • Cataract Extraction*
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / etiology
  • Diabetic Retinopathy / physiopathology
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Macular Edema / etiology
  • Macular Edema / physiopathology
  • Time Factors
  • Visual Acuity