Diabetic Retinopathy. Association with Metabolic Compensation, Duration of Diabetes and Other Micro and Macrovascular Complications in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Summary Introduction Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a severe complication that can lead to complete vision loss and still is one of the main blindness-causing reasons among patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). DR as a complication can cause vision loss to people at their working age. More than 90% of patients with type 1 diabetes will develop DR by 20 years post diagnosis (Leslie R. Dye, 2018). DR is more likely to develop in patients with T1DM (Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016). This complication can be very serious speaking of the ability to see. Sometimes vitrectomy plays a vital role in the management of severe complications of DR at its end-stage (Myron Yanoff et al., 2020…