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Ten years after the Diabetic Retinopathy Study.

S L Fine1, A Patz

  • 1Retinal Vascular Center, Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore, MD 21205.

Ophthalmology
|July 1, 1987
PubMed
Summary

The Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS) proved prompt laser treatment significantly cuts severe vision loss risk in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. This landmark trial established the value of randomized controlled trials for eye disease treatments.

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