CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LASER TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA

The article is devoted of effectiveness of treatment of the exudative forms of diabetic maculopathy — diabetic macular edema. On the basis of clinical researches — retrospective analysis of results of treatment of patients with diabetic macular edema, made the analysis of effectiveness of treatment of this pathology by using different methods of treatment (traditional method versus the one proposed by authors). Clinical classification of diabetic macular edema is based on clinical findings, results of OCT and FAG. The authors distinguish subclinical macular edema, focal macular edema, diffuse macular edema, complicated macular edema. The last two ones were devided into occlusional and nonocclusional types. Proposed classification allows increasing of effectiveness of treatment by 15%.