Surgical cystotomy for refractory diabetic cystoid macular edema

Abstract

Koushik Tripathy Department of Vitreoretina and Uvea, ICARE Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute, Noida, IndiaI read with interest the article on cystotomy for refractory diabetic cystoid macular edema (CME) by Asahina et al.1 Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) (RESCAN 700; Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena, Germany) is a new interesting addition to ophthalmic surgeons’ armamentarium.2 Few aspects regarding the manuscript1 need further discussion.View the original paper by Asahina and colleagues.

Keywords

• Diabetic maculopathy
• intraoperative OCT
• diabetic macular edema;