Nd:YAG Laser Hyaloidotomy for Premacular Hemorrhage in Diabetic Eyes

Tanta University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Treatments: Procedure: Nd:YAG laser Hyaloidotomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04285151

TUOR002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Premacular Subhyaloid hemorrhage is a sudden profound loss of vision in eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). Pars plana vitrectomy is the treatment of choice for premacular hemorrhage in eyes with proliferative changes. Nd:YAG laser hyaloidotomy has been used to evacuate the premacular hemorrhage

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eyes with premacular subhyaloid hemorrhage of more than 3 disc diameters, involving the fovea.
• Eyes with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Exclusion criteria

• Dense media opacity (corneal/cataract)
• Patients with bleeding tendency or on anti-coagulant drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)