Ultra-widefield imaging prognostic in some DR cases

KOLOA, Hawaii — Ultra-widefield imaging of patients with diabetes has prognostic implications, Rishi P. Singh, MD, said at Retina 2020.
A study by Silva and colleagues in Ophthalmology looking at distribution of diabetic retinopathy lesions found hemorrhages, microaneurysms, intraretinal microvascular abnormalities and new vessel formation outside the area of the gold standard ETDRS 7-field imaging, suggesting a more severe assessment of diabetic retinopathy in 10% of eyes imaged with ultra-widefield technology, Singh said.
“This means that your patients with predominantly

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