Retinal Ischaemia in Diabetic Retinopathy: Understanding and Overcoming a Therapeutic Challenge.

Background: Retinal ischaemia is present to a greater or lesser extent in all eyes with diabetic retinopathy (DR). Nonetheless, our understanding of its pathogenic mechanisms, risk factors, as well as other characteristics of retinal ischaemia in DR is very limited. To date, there is no treatment to revascularise ischaemic retina.

PREDICTIVE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES AFTER PANRETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION IN PEOPLE WITH PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY.

Purpose: To determine effects of baseline characteristics and laser type performed on outcomes in people with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) undergoing panretinal photocoagulation (PRP).

Methods: Medical records of all consecutive patients with PDR naïve to PRP, identified using an electronic database, evaluated at the Macula Clinic, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, receiving their first PRP between January 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, and followed for a minimum of 6 months after stabilization of PDR, were retrospectively reviewed. Outcomes included time to stabilization after PRP, progression of PDR, and mean change in the best-corrected visual acuity from baseline to the last follow-up.