Vol 8, No 1 (2007): Practical Diabetology
Review article
Published online: 2007-02-12
Is there a progress in diabetic retinopathy treatment?
Diabetologia Praktyczna 2007;8(1):28-34.
Abstract
The aim of this paper was to present the current treatment methods of diabetic retinopathy, both
proliferative and nonproliferative. The progress in photocoagulation methods connected with laser
photocoagulation and vitrectomy was pointed out. The author presented current pharmacotherapy methods such as growth hormone antagonists, which may lower pathologically elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and insulin like growth factor (IGF-1). By comparison with the
older retinopathy treatment methods, the author presented the huge progress in the treatment of this chronic and serious complication of diabetes.
Keywords: diabetic retinopathytreatmentphotocoagulationvitrectomygrowth hormone antagonistsrisk factors