Abstract

Three hundred seventy eyes with advanced, active, proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and visual acuity of 10/200 or better were randomly assigned to either early vitrectomy or conventional management. After 4 years of follow-up, the percentage of eyes with a visual acuity of 10/20 or better was 44% in the early vitrectomy group and 28% in the conventional management group. The proportion with very poor visual outcome was similar in the two groups. The advantage of early vitrectomy tended to increase with increasing severity of new vessels. In the group with the least severe new vessels, no advantage of early vitrectomy was apparent.

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