Diabetic retinopathy: An update

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a major cause of avoidable blindness in both the developing and the developed countries. Significant technological advances have taken place to improve the diagnostic accuracy of diabetic retinopathy. In the last three decades, the treatment strategies have been revised to include, besides laser photocoagulation, early surgical interventions and pharmacotherapies.

Keywords

• Diabetic macular edema
• diabetic retinopathy
• laser photocoagulation
• pars plana vitreous surgery