Cataract Surgery may increase risk of worsening of Diabetic Retinopathy, finds study
A new study published in the journal of Ophthalmology found cataract surgery to worsen diabetic retinopathy in adults with type 2 diabetes. Individuals with diabetes are more prone to complications following cataract surgery. While surgery should not be avoided, regular monitoring and follow-up care are crucial to managing potential complications.
Diabetic individuals can have great eyesight following cataract surgery, provided they have meticulous preoperative planning, phacoemulsification, and attentive postoperative management. Thus, this study evaluated the impact of contemporary cataract surgery on the development of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) as opposed to non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).
A review of the TriNetX United States Collaborative research network aggregated health data from June 2004 to June 2024. This study looked at patients with T2D and NPDR who were at least 18 years old and had either regular cataract surgery or no cataract surgery. The propensity score matching (PSM) was utilized to balance baseline demographic and clinical factors after researchers analyzed data from US healthcare institutions using the TriNetX integrated analytics platform.
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