Macular edema treatment in patients with diabetes mellitus
C Gavala, N Kyriakopoulos, I Georgantis, S Patiakas, E Tsoukis, I Aggos, I Kambanis · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2007 · Heft 07
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Zusammenfassung
Background-Aims: Diabetic maculopathy is the major cause of the loss of sight in the progress of diabetic retinopathy. It is usually divided into edematous and ischemic forms. Macular edema (ME) is verified in the 10% of the diabetic patients with an increase of the 25% if the diabetic disease lasts for more than 20 years. The ME can be: “focal“ or “diffuse“. According to our and EDTRS experience, the presence of ME constitutes an indication to the laser treatment with photocoagulation; the most diffusely methods used are “ focal “ and “grid “ (scattered) techniques. The focal technique appears more indicated in…
