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  • Title: [Nibble technology in diabetic retinopathy].
    Author: Zhang J, Lu L, Lu X, Li Y.
    Journal: Yan Ke Xue Bao; 2006 Sep; 22(3):147-8, 153. PubMed ID: 17162897.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To evaluate the nibble technology in the therapy of diabetic retinopathy. METHODS: Eighty-three patients (ninety-two eyes) with proliferative diabetic retinopathy were treated in our department. All the patients received a standard pars plana vitrectomy. Fifty-two of them (fifty-eight eyes) were treated with nibble technology, while the other thirty-one (thirty-four eyes), who were treated with common procedure to tear the proliferative membrane, were served as a control group. RESULT: The operative complication of iatrogenic retinal tears was observed in 2 eyes of the test group and 7 eyes of the control group (P < 0.05). Another operative complication of hemorrhage was observed in 4 eyes of the test group and 15 eyes of the control group (P < 0.01). There were 6 eyes of the test group and 5 eyes of the control group presented with grade-III postoperative responds (P > 0.01). CONCLUSION: The nibble technology is safe in the therapy of proliferative diabetic retinopathy and could reduce the complications during or after the operation.
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