Bevacizumab for the management of diabetic macular edema

Figure 1 Pie chart displaying the distribution of global causes of blindness. Although cataracts are responsible for more than half of the cases, they are potentially reversible. When considering the causes of permanent vision impairment, diabetic retinopathy contributes significantly to 1%-5% of cases of blindness. In addition, diabetic retinopathy is the major cause of irreversible blindness in the working-age patients worldwide. AMD: Age-related macular disease.