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Diabetic Retinopathy : Treatments

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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Laser Photocoagulation
  • Focal Photocoagulation

Treatments Overview Articles

Diabetic retinopathy
Treatment usually does not reverse damage that has already occurred, but it will keep the disease from getting worse. Drugs are being developed that keep abnormal blood vessels from growing in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.Laser...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 22, 2008

Specific Treatments Articles

Vitrectomy
Vitrectomy is the surgical removal of the vitreous(transparent gel that fills the eye from the iris to the retina).The bulk of the contents of the eyeball is a clear jelly-like substance that is susceptible to several afflictions that impair visio...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Photocoagulation Therapy
Photocoagulation therapy is a method of treating detachments(tears) of the retina(the layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye) with an argon laser. The high-intensity beam of light from the laser is converted into heat, which forces ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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