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Rate of Diabetic Vitrectomy in a Defined Geographical Part of North East England

Vaideanu, Daniela, Sandu, Sukhpal Singh, Ling, Jonathan, Richardson, John and Steel, David H. W. (2014) Rate of Diabetic Vitrectomy in a Defined Geographical Part of North East England. Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 21 (3). pp. 178-183. ISSN 0928-6586

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Abstract

Purpose: To assess the yearly incidence of vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) over an 11-year period, in a geographically defined part of North East England. The time period covered the introduction of diabetic retinopathy screening.

Methods: All patients undergoing vitrectomy for diabetic retinopathy in the Sunderland and South Tyneside area were recorded from 2000 to 2010. Incidence rates of vitrectomy specifically for the complications of PDR for the observed diabetic population, the estimated diabetic population and the population with known PDR were calculated.

Results: There was a gradual and significant decline in the vitrectomy rate from 157 (95% confidence interval, CI, 135–187) to 103 (95% CI 98–109) per 100,000 of the observed diabetic population in 2000 and 2010 respectively. The rate in the estimated diabetic population showed no significant change at 68 (95% CI 48–87) in 2002 and 77 (95% CI 55–103) in 2010. The rate in the PDR population, which comprised 2.4% of the known diabetic population in 2002 and 1.8% in 2010, declined significantly from 7.7% in 2002 to 5.7% in 2010.

Conclusion: This study evaluated vitrectomy rates for PDR in an area of North East England. There were apparent declining rates of vitrectomy for PDR following the introduction of diabetic retinopathy screening but these have to be interpreted in the light of several confounding factors.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: Diabetic population, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic vitrectomy, incidence, prevalence
Depositing User: Hannah Dodd

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Item ID: 5006
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2014.906628
ISSN: 0928-6586
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/5006
Official URL: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09286...

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ORCID for Jonathan Ling: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2932-4474

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Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2014 13:37
Last Modified: 20 Jan 2023 10:09

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Author: Jonathan Ling ORCID iD
Author: Daniela Vaideanu
Author: Sukhpal Singh Sandu
Author: John Richardson
Author: David H. W. Steel

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Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing

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Sciences > Health Sciences

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