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. 2012 Oct 17;2012:456209. doi: 10.5402/2012/456209

Table 1.

Visual outcome and symptoms in diabetics versus nondiabetics.

Diabetics Nondiabetics
Posttreatment visual outcome (%) (%)
 ≥5/200 79.6 90
 ≥20/100 55.6 77.4
 ≥20/40 38.9 55.3
Anterior segment characteristics (%) (%)
 Cataract wound normal 82.8 82.0
 Hypopyon 89.7 85.1
 Rubeosis 8.6 1.9
Bacterial growth (risk)
 Gram+ Increased
 Gram− Same Same
 Virulent organisms 26% 22%
Incidence of retinal detachment (Posttreatment) 6.9% 8.6%
Early procedure performed 20.7% 8.8%
Late procedure performed 31% 27.1%