One complication of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, is characterized by damage to the blood vessels inside the eye. This section of the eMedTV library discusses diabetic retinopathy in detail, including symptoms and how it is diagnosed.
Diabetic retinopathy treatment includes vitrectomy and scatter laser surgery. However, as this page of the eMedTV archives explains, diabetic retinopathy treatment is not needed in initial stages of the disease, unless a person has macular edema.
A vitrectomy is a surgical procedure where blood is removed from the center of the eye. This page on the eMedTV website takes an in-depth look at vitrectomies and explains how this procedure is often used to treat proliferative retinopathy.
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