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Diabetic Retinopathy Learning Center

Treatments could include:
People with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy may not need treatment. However, they should be closely followed-up by an eye doctor trained to treat diabetic retinopathy.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 20, 2009
Vitrectomy is the surgical removal of the vitreous (transparent gel that fills the eye from the iris to the retina).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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 force...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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