The lens influence on diabetic vitrectomy results. Report of a prospective randomized study
G. W. Blankenship
Fifty cases with clear lenses that were undergoing pars plana vitrectomy
for diabetic retinopathy complications were randomly assigned to either
retaining the lenses or to having lensectomy at the time of the vitrectomy.
Management of the lens did not seem to have a major influence on the
postoperative visual function. However, the aphakic cases had a higher
incidence of elevated intraocular pressures and peripheral iris rubeosis at
the six-month follow-up examination. The incidence of neovascular glaucoma
was also higher in the aphakic group.
