In literature study article, a non-healthcare professional reported that to investigate and compare the intraoperative precision of 10k/25-gauge (g) beveled-tip probe (btp) versus 5k/23-g flat-tip probe (ftp) vitrectomy conducted as day surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy (pdr).A total of one hundred seventy-three consecutive eyes of 173 pdr patients who underwent primary vitrectomy for pdr between (b)(6) 2023 were studied.All subjects received mivs (minimally invasive vitrectomy surgery) in day surgery by the same surgeon randomly using a 10k/25-g btp (study group) or a 5k/23-g ftp (control group) with the console and were followed up for three months.A total of 173 eyes(173 patients) were included in the study, and there was no statistical difference between the two groups in terms of pre-surgical general conditions.The post-surgical general conditions occurred were, one patient experienced iatrogenic retinal breaks, three patients postoperative ocular hypertension, two patients experienced vitreous hemorrhage, one patient experienced new vascular glaucoma.
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