SUMMARY
Purpose of the study. To evaluate demographic and clinical characterization of diabetic retinopathy patients using laser photocoagulation. Material and methods. The work was carried out retrospectively, case histories of 500 patients were analyzed, information on sex, age, type of diabetes, stage of retinopathy, type of treatment measures was collected. Documented complications after treatment were taken into account. Statistical analysis was performed by methods of qualitative features assessment. Results. The gender difference between patients was significant (40.7±3.3 and 59.3±3.3%; p<0.05). The age structure was dominated by those aged 50-60 years (54.8±3.3%). The cause of retinopathy in 90.9±1.9% of cases was type II diabetes mellitus. The most frequent complications were macular edema (2.3±1.0%), conjunctivitis (4.5±1.4%), increased intraocular pressure (3.6±1.2%), and iridocyclitis 2.7±1.0%). Conclusions. Modern treatment of diabetic retinopathy is often performed using laser photocoagulation (44.2%). Surgical treatment is performed against the background of preproliferative stage (62,9±3,2%) and exudative maculopathy (41,6±3,3%).
Keywords: diabetic retinopathy, laser photocoagulation, demographics, clinical characteristics

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