Folia medica
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Comparative Study
Optical coherence tomography for the detection of early macular edema in diabetic patients with retinopathy.
To compare the retinal thickness measurements with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) in healthy subjects with those of type 2 diabetes patients with or without diabetic retinopathy (DR) and with no clinical evidence of diabetic macular edema (DME). ⋯ In the present study, mean retinal thickness was greater in diabetic patients (with and without DR) than in healthy subjects. Patients with DR had thicker retinas than patients without DR. Spectral-domain OCT seemed to be useful for the detection of early DME in patients with retinopathy and no clinical evidence of macular edema. Patients with early DME should have a closer follow-up