Unconventional avenues to decelerate diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is an important microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM), causing significant visual impairment worldwide. Current gold standards for retarding the progress of DR include blood sugar control and regular fundus screening. Despite these measures, the incidence and prevalence of DR and vision-threatening DR remain high. Given its slowly progressive course and long latent period, opportunities to contain or slow DR before it threatens vision must be explored.This narrative review assesses the recently described unconventional strategies to retard DR progression.
Source: Survey of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Brijesh Takkar, Abhishek Sheemar, Rajagopalaboopathi Jayasudha, Deepak Soni, Raja Narayanan, Pradeep Venkatesh, Sisinthy Shivaji, Taraprasad Das Tags: Review article Source Type: research