Dr.(mrs ) Surekha Vidyadhar Bangal, B05518
Background: Diabetic Macular Edema is major cause for impaired vision in patients with Diabetic Retinopathy. Optical Coherence Tomography is a non-invasive imaging technique that provides high resolution cross sectional images of the macula. It helps in detection of early changes in the macula to initiate the treatment without delay
Objective-
1.To study prevalence of DME using OCT in patients with diabetic retinopathy.
2.To study the prevalence of DME in patients with Non-Proliferative and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
Methods- This was hospital based observational, cross-sectional study involving 90 patients having DR. Patients having DR detected to have DME were reexamined by OCT.
Results- out of 90 patients with DR, 31.11% patients were having DME. DME was absent in all Mild NPDR cases, present in 28% Moderate and 100% in Severe, Very Severe NPDR &100% PDR cases.
Conclusion- OCT is ideal tool for detection of DME in patients with DR irrespective of the staging of DR
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