Clinical Strategies in the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy A step-by-step Guide for Ophthalmologists /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bandello, Francesco (Editor), Zarbin, Marco Attilio (Editor), Lattanzio, Rosangela (Editor), Zucchiatti, Ilaria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and its dramatic and sight-threatening complications, such as diabetic macular edema, remain a leading cause of visual impairment among the working-age population. With the advent of effective treatments, a new era in the management of DR has been opened up: it is now possi...

Table of Contents:

• Risk factors, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Diabetic Retinopathy
• Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
• Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diabetic Macular Edema.- Advanced Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.