Patients undergoing cataract surgery who provided informed consent were enrolled in the study. There were three comparison groups: control, diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME) groups. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) scans measuring retinal thickness, vessel density, perfusion density, and foveal avascular zone were obtained at baseline and postoperative week one, month one and month three.
The purpose of this study is to use optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) to compare retinal vasculature after uncomplicated cataract surgery in patients with and without diabetic retinopathy.