29th October 2020

A 65-year-old woman with type-2 diabetes presents with gradual loss of vision in her left eye

A 65-year-old woman with type-2 diabetes presents with gradual loss of vision in her left eye. She is known to have severe pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy for which she is monitored by ophthalmology but is not presently on any treatment. At her next ophthalmology follow-up, the optical coherence tomography (OCT) shows macular oedema and hard exudates extending onto the macula. She has no other past medical history and is eager for the best available treatment. What should she be offered?

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