DR. RAJNEEL BHATTACHARJEE

Dr.Nilanjan Kaushik Thakur, DR. TANVEER AHMED, DR. NAMRATA SHREE

Abstract

ABSTRACT

AIMS

Aim of the study is to assess the visual field deficit in diabetes mellitus with and without diabetic retinopathy

METHODS AND MATERIAL

The study was conducted in six months out on a healthy visual system control group and a number of diabetic groups with different levels of diabetic retinopathy. Using automated perimetry the subjects were tested. Diabetics and non-diabetics tested within the same time period were included in the study. Subjects with major systemic illness other than diabetes were excluded from the study.

RESULT

There was no significant visual field defect between normal healthy subjects and diabetics without retinopathy. The visual field deficit was found to be more strongly associated with severity of retinopathy rather than duration of diabetes.

CONCLUSION

There was significant deficit in visual function for visual field in diabetic patients with retinopathy and is related to severity of retinopathy and duration of diabetes.