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Research Article: Long-Standing Macula-Involving Diabetic Tractional Retinal Detachments with Good Visual Acuity: How Should We Manage These Patients?

Date Published: 2024-01-12

Introduction:
Tractional retinal detachment (TRD) involving or threatening the center of the macula is one of the principal indications for pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) patients manifesting advanced disease. , However, the most appropriate management strategy for a long-standing PDR-associated macula-involving TRD with good visual acuity is currently uncertain. Characteristically, the presenting visual acuity is poor in macula-involving TRD cases of > months duration. McCullough et…

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