[Laser treatment in diabetic retinopathy].

1050 eyes with diabetic retinopathy (670 preproliferatives retinopathies, 380 proliferatives retinopathies), was treated by laser argon photocoagulation. The laser photocoagulation is the election therapeutical method for the zones of neovascular perfusion, after angiofluorographic diagnosis. It is necessary to know very well the therapeutical indications and the correct technique adopted to each type of lesions. Also is necessary to obtain an equilibrium of the diabetic, especially in limitation of high variation of glycemia. In this study 20% of treated cases, was repeated the photocoagulation, and 10% of cases presented complications: vitreous hemorrhages, neovascular glaucoma, retinal detachment.