title: Pregnancy and diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: Diabetic retinopathy can be expected to progress during the term of pregnancy. A retrospective study indicated that photocoagulation was successful in preserving vision in 70 to 80% of 30 pregnant diabetic patients as well as in a similar group of nonpregnant patients with juvenile-onset diabetes. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy, in and of itself, is not an absolute indication for therapeutic abortion.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D014792:Visual Acuity