Czech and Slovak Ophthalmology 294 10.31348/2023/28 Review Diabetic Retinopathy – Diagnostics and Treatment Guidelines Studnička Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9911-4379 Němčanský Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1979-6419 Vysloužilová Daniela https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0195-2456 Ernest Jan https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2775-7070 Němec Pavel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4629-1283 20 9 2023 5 3

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus and represents a serious health, social and economic problem. With the expected increase in the number of patients with diabetes, it is becoming the leading cause of severe vision loss in the working-age population. The presented guidelines summarize the current knowledge about this disease in order to standardize and update the procedures for the diagnosis, classification and treatment of diabetic retinopathy.

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