Diabetic retinopathy (DR) in its advanced stage is a leading cause of blindness and visual impairment. Despite efforts at early detection of DR, disease monitoring, and medical therapy, significant proportions of people living with diabetes still progress to develop the advanced proliferative disease, which is characterized by neovascularization, actively proliferating fibrovascular membranes, and retinal traction. The surgical removal of this proliferating tissue and the treatment of the retinal ischemic drive can be very rewarding, providing significant stability of the retina and in several cases improved retinal anatomy and vision. Diabetic vitrectomy comprises a broad range of surgical techniques and maneuvers, which offer the surgeon and patient opportunity to reverse deranged vitreoretinal anatomy and improve or stabilizes vision. Advances in vitreoretinal technology have contributed greatly to more recent improved outcomes; it is expected that future advances will offer even more benefit. Keywords: diabetic retinopathy, vitreous hemorrhage, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, tractional retinal detachment, macular edema, vitrectomy Diabetic Retinopathy 2 Furthermore, in recent times, there have been significant improvements in preoperative care and evaluation, and intraoperative surgical technique, including the administration of preoperative intravitreal pharmacotherapy, development of small-gauge transconjunctival instrumentation [11][12][13], and availability of multifunctional vitrectomy probes with high cut rates [14]. These advances have made surgical outcome more predictable and have resulted in an expansion of the indication for vitrectomy in the management of the tractional complications seen in DR. This review will focus on highlighting the indications, pathophysiology and principles of surgery, preoperative considerations, intraoperative surgical techniques, and outcome of diabetic vitrectomy in contemporary times.