Treatment progress of diabetic macular edema

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy(DR),which can cause blindness, is a serious eye diseases. Diabetic macular edema(DME), often causes irreversible vision loss, can occur in any period of DR. The treatment of DME, including laser photocoagulation, anti-inflammatory therapy, anti-VEGF therapy and surgical treatment have made great progress in recent years as the researches on the pathogenesis deepening. The innovation of minimally invasive technique also proved the surgical treatment more convenience. The joint application of a variety of treatments, also become the main trend of treatment. A review of the present status and progress of the treatment was made in this paper.

Keywords

• diabetic macular edema
• laser photocoagulation
• anti-VEGF therapy
• anti-inflammatory therapy
• operative treatment
• combined treatment