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Anti-VEGF use on the rise for treatment of diabetic retinopathy
WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Current data indicate that anti-VEGF injections are an effective form of treatment for diabetic retinopathy, according to a speaker here. “Our current algorithm is based off some very old but very good data, the Diabetic Retinopathy Study, that was published in Ophthalmology in 1978, so we really have not deviated much from that since that time, and it shows that panretinal photocoagulation reduces the risk of severe vision loss by 50%,” Michael S. Ip, MD, said at Retina 2016. “But it really is an inherently destructive treatment.”