Chirurgische Therapie des diabetischen Makulaödems

The therapy for diabetic macular oedema often remains unsatisfactory for both patient and treating physician. Therapeutic approaches comprise laser therapy as the evidence-based "basic therapy" and increasingly also intravitreal injections of drugs which, however, have only a limited effect. One argument for the use of vitrectomy in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema is its potentially permanent positive effect. On the one hand, removal of...