CLINICAL VARIANTS OF VITREOPAPILLARY TRACTION SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

We observed 60 patients with diabetic vitreopapillary traction syndrome. Depending on clinical implications of vitreopapillary traction syndrome patients were divided into 3 groups: I group - 28 patients with the isolatedvitreopapillary traction syndrome; II group - 27 patients with a vitreopapillomacular traction syndrome; III group - 5 patients with a vitreopapilloretinal traction syndrome with involvement of other departments of retina. All patients examined with А-scan, B-scan kinetic ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography, perimetry and underwent 25 G vitrectomy. The preliminary results of our observations demonstrate that diabetic vitreopapillary traction syndrome at patients in the form of three topographical options with not only involvement of the optic nerve, but also other departments of retina. Timely diagnostics, well-timed vitreoretinal surgery to patients with diabetic vitreopapillary traction syndrome can prevent the involvement of other departments of the retina in this pathological process and stop the progression of the proliferative process. Our assumption about the possible reason for the different flow of the VPTS may be due to the different axial length (1 figure, bibliography: 7 refs).

diabetic retinopathy, vitreopappilary traction syndrome, vitreoretinal surgery