Management of diabetic retinopathy: an update

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of visual loss in working-age adults in developed countries. Worldwide, it has been estimated that 93 million people with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy, of which 28 million have vision- threatening disease.¹ The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study reported that 15% of people with diabetes have diabetic retinopathy with 2.1% of those having proliferative retinopathy and 3.3% having diabetic macular oedema, which are vision-threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy.²

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