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Abstract THE PRESENT STUDY INCLUDED 25 EYES OF 18 DIABETIC PSTIENTS. THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS: GROUP 1 : 13 EYES OF 10 PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE MACULAR EDEMA AND RECIVED INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE. GROUP 2: 12 EUES OF 8 PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE MACULAR EDEMA AND RECIVED INTRAVITRAL INJECTION OF TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE FOLLOWED BY MACULAR GRID PATTEREN ARGON LASER PHOTOCOGULATION THERAPY 3-4 WEEKS AFTER INJECTION . PATIENTS WERE NOT CONSIDERED FOR THIS STUDY IF THEY HAD GLAUCOMA, HIGH MYOPIA, OTHER RETINAL VASCULAR DISEASES, PREVIOUS LASER TREATMENT TO THE MACULA. THE PATIENTS WERE SUBJECTED TO COMPLETE OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY, AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY . MACULAR MAP WAS USED TO DETECT THE DEVLOPMENT AND RESOLUTION OF MACULAR OEDEMA AND WAS SUITABLE FOR BOTH INITIAL SCREENING AND LONGITUDINAL FOLLOW-UP FOR EYES UNDERGOING THERAPY. |