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Pregnancy after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

L B Young, J M Steel, C P West

    Diabetic Medicine : a Journal of the British Diabetic Association
    |January 1, 1987
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    A 26-year-old female with insulin-dependent diabetes of 16 years duration had a vitrectomy for a dense non-resolving vitreous haemorrhage. Two months later she became pregnant. She delivered a healthy baby and despite the known adverse effects of pregnancy on retinopathy no deterioration occurred in visual acuity or in retinal appearance.

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