Diabetic retinopathy(DR)is a common complication of diabetes.Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2(SGLT-2)inhibitors are widely used in diabetic patients as hypoglycemic drugs and also play a role in the prevention and treatment of DR.At present,there has been no systematic study on the clinical treatment of DR by SGLT-2 inhibitors.This paper re-views the research progress of SGLT-2 inhibitors in the treatment of DR,in order to provide more ideas for the clinical treatment of DR.