Diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema - how to achieve regression. Guide for doctors. Loskutov I.A., Khomyakova E.N.

The manual for doctors provides relevant data on epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DMO). The modern idea of ​​these complications and the features of their course is very important, since they are found in each third patient with diabetes mellitus.

The presented detailed interpretation of the results of classical optical coherent tomography (OKT) and OCT angiography at the DMO and various stages DR will help the practitioner to make the correct diagnosis, determine the patient’s tactics, track the dynamics.

The book contains a detailed description of all modern ways of stopping the progression of the DMO. The main anti-VEGF pepapats and steroids for intravitreal administration, step-by-step methods for performing laser coagulation of the retina and selecting energy parameters of laser exposure, and relevant aspects of surgical treatment of diabetic macular edema are considered. The collected material is based on the data of reliable clinical research and the practical experience of domestic and foreign authors. Particular attention is paid to clinical manifestations and treatment of DR and DMO in various gestation at different times.

The publication will be useful to practicing ophthalmologists, listeners of the system of additional postgraduate professional education in the specialties “Ophthalmology” and “Endocrinology”, beginning doctors, in including clinical opinators-ophthalmologists, and students of medical universities.