Open AccessDiabetic macular edema: a literature review
Author(s) -
Wellington Fernando Risso,
Matheus Roque Pinheiro,
Leonardo Amarante Pereira,
Júlio Zaki Abucham-Neto,
Gláucia Luciano da Veiga,
Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca,
Vagner Loduca Lima
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
abcs health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2357-8114
pISSN - 2318-4965
DOI - 10.7322/abcshs.2020s08.1855
Subject(s) - diabetic macular edema , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , intensive care medicine , health care , population , diabetic retinopathy , optometry , nursing , environmental health , diabetes mellitus , political science , law , endocrinology
Diabetic Macular Edema is a major cause of visual impairment in economically active population, being responsible for a significant impact in quality of life in the affected population, as well as high costs to the health care system. Over decades, some studies have compared treatments using Laser, Anti-VEGF and intravitreous corticosteroids, establishing protocols to reach effectives therapies. Thus, it is essential an entire understanding of available therapies to reach the goal of disease control, in an individual basis and in a collective health care system, as efficient as possible.