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Classification of diabetic macular oedema using ultra-widefield angiography and implications for response to anti-VEGF therapy
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    Classification Of Diabetic Macular Odema Using Ultra- Wide field angiography and implications for response to anti-VEGF therapy
    • Prathima Musunuru, Senior Resident Department of Ophthalmology, Sri Sathya Sai Institute Of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthi Gram, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh.
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      • Anuj Sharma, Consultant

    Dear Sir,
    We read the article "Classification of diabetic macular odema using ultra-widefield angiography and implications for response to anti-VEGF therapy" by Xue K, et al1 with great interest. The authors aimed to classify Diabetic macular odema [DMO] using ultra-widefield flourescein angiography [UWFA] and evaluate response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor [anti-VEGF]. They concluded that UWFA facilitates detection of peripheral ishemia. DMO group with significant peripheral ishemia responded well to anti-VEGF therapy than other groups. We congratulate the author for their lightening study about subject and would like to make some contributions about study.
    The study did not mention the severity of diabetes of the patients enrolled in the study nor systemic comorbid conditions like glycemic control, systolic hypertension, protinuria1, which would alter the incidence of macular odema.2, 3
    The study selected patients with DMO who have been given subthreshold micropulse diode laser. As it was not mentioned in the study, we wonder if the study desires to see the response of anti-VEGF in non-resolving macular odema patients alone. Also, it was to our surprise why patients with Panretinal photocoagulation were not excluded from the study while classifying the patients into 3 groups .
    The classification of DMO into three groups was not clearly satisfying because there would be always a component of ishemia overlapping between t...

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