Diabetic Retinopathy: Advances in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Ophthalmology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ophthalmology; retinal imaging; medical retina; vitreoretinal diseases; ocular surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the journal Medicina, we are delighted to present this Special Issue, titled "Diabetic Retinopathy: Advances in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies".
As the prevalence of diabetes dramatically increases, millions of people are at risk of developing diabetes-related ocular complications such as diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME). DR and DME remain some of the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide, and these are the only types of blindness and visual impairment where prevalence continues to rise. Early detection of DR/DME is key to preventing sight-threatening complications. In the effort to achieve this, diabetic eye-screening programmes either have been or are being established, improving access to early diagnosis of DR/DME and appropriate referral to treatment.
In this Special Issue, our aim is to discuss and share the up-to-date experiences of clinical practices, treatment options, imaging modalities, and basic research into the field of diabetic retinopathy via original research articles, narrative reviews, scoping reviews, and systematic reviews with meta-analyses.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following keywords.
- diabetes mellitus
- diabetic retinopathy
- diabetic macular edema
- retinal imaging
- anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections
- dexamethasone implant
- vitreoretinal surgery
- photocoagulation laser
- diabetic eye-screening program
- artificial intelligence
Dr. Rossella D'Aloisio
Dr. Marco Rocco Pastore
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- diabetes mellitus
- diabetic retinopathy
- diabetic macular edema
- retinal imaging
- anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections
- dexamethasone implant
- vitreoretinal surgery
- photocoagulation laser
- diabetic eye-screening program
- artificial intelligence
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