Francesco Bandello • Marco Attilio Zarbin
Rosangela Lattanzio • Ilaria Zucchiatti
Editors

2014

A step-by-step Guide
for Ophthalmologists

Diabetic retinopathy remains the leading cause of visual impairment among the working-age population. There is evidence that visual loss could be reduced substantially by strict glycometabolic and effective blood pressure control. Nevertheless, diabetic macular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy currently remain the more dramatic and sight-threatening complications, which need a prompt and effective treatment.