Tele-ophthalmology for diabetic retinopathy screening: 8 years of experience.

Purpose: To describe the results of a diabetic retinopathy screening program implemented in a primary care area.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using data automatically collected since the program began on 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2015.

Results: The number of screened diabetic patients has progressively increased, from 7,173 patients in 2007 to 42,339 diabetic patients in 2015.

[Guidelines of clinical practice of the SERV (Spanish Retina and Vitreous Society): management of ocular complications of diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema].

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is considered the most common cause of blindness in the working population of industrialized countries, with diabetic macular edema being the most common cause of decreased visual acuity and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) being responsible for the most severe visual deficits. We have therefore tried to establish a guide for clinical intervention whose purpose is to provide orientation on the treatment of diabetic retinopathy and its complications. This is necessary at a time when many treatment options have emerged whose role is not yet fully defined.