Diabetic Retinal Laser Surgery

Damage to the light-sensitive retina in the back of the eye due to diabetes is known as Diabetic retinopathy. We take care of your diabetes progresses so that chronic high blood sugar levels will not cause changes that damage the tiny blood vessels in the retina, which makes them leak fluid or hemorrhage (bleed). Eventually, this leads to vision problems that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses. Our laser treatment of diabetic eye disease generally targets the damaged eye tissue. Some of our lasers treat leaking blood vessels directly by "spot welding" and sealing the area of leakage (photocoagulation). Other lasers eliminate abnormal blood vessels that form from neovascularization.