Diabetic retinopathy laser surgery is an in-office treatment that involves making tiny burns in the eye with a beam of light. While it does not correct vision loss that has already occurred, it can ...

A vitrectomy is the surgical procedure for treating diabetic retinopathy. Surgery is aimed at getting better access to your retina to improve or stop vision loss from this diabetes complication.

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece is part of a series dedicated to the eye and improvements in restoring vision. In 1999, I defined ...

In patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy who underwent cataract surgery, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser capsulotomy was associated with increased risks for progression of the ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes”, an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Sterling Glass had many health problems as a ...

While eye drops may help alleviate some symptoms of diabetic retinopathy, they don’t target the underlying blood vessel damage in your retina. Retinopathy is a possible complication of diabetes. At ...

Diabetic eye disease doesn’t announce itself loudly. It often creeps in gradually, unnoticed until vision begins to blur or dim. For many, these changes may feel sudden, but they are in fact the ...

While eye drops can help with diabetes-related symptoms, such as dry eyes or irritation, they do not treat the underlying retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes-related complication that ...