Barbara E. K. Klein

The Combined Use of Triamcinolone Acetonide and Trypan Blue in Myopic Macular Hole with Retinal Detachment.

World Ophthalmology Congress 2008 was held in conjunction with the 31st International Congress of Ophthalmology, the 23rd Congress of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the 13th Congress of Chinese Ophthalmological Society and the 20th Hong Kong Ophthalmological Symposium

Medical Approaches to Preventing Vision Loss from Diabetic Retinopathy

Data from the Diabetic Retinopathy Study [1] and the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study [2], demonstrated the efficacy of photocoagulation treatment in preventing visual loss associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. However, clinical trial data demonstrating the efficacy of medical interventions for this disease have only become available within the last decade. Nonsurgical interventions prior to the development of severe retinopathy are important because photocoagulation is associated with complications and in some cases may not prevent the progression of retinopathy, resulting in visual loss. The purpose of this review is to examine data from ongoing and completed randomized controlled clinical trials of medical interventions to reduce the progression of retinopathy and loss of vision in persons with diabetes.