New Findings From Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Retina Network Protocol V Confirm a Role for Focal Laser Photocoagulation or Observation for Eyes With Center-Involved Diabetic Macular Edema and Good Visual Acuity: New Is Not Always Best

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul 1;137(7):838-839. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1876.

Authors

Tunde Peto¹, Usha Chakravarthy¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.

PMID: 31037285
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1876

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Clinical Protocols
Diabetic Retinopathy / drug therapy
Diabetic Retinopathy / physiopathology
Diabetic Retinopathy / surgery*
Humans
Intravitreal Injections
Laser Coagulation*
Macular Edema / drug therapy
Macular Edema / physiopathology
Macular Edema / surgery*
Observation*
Quality of Life
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor / therapeutic use
Recombinant Fusion Proteins / therapeutic use
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors
Visual Acuity / physiology*

Substances

Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
VEGFA protein, human
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
aflibercept
Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor