Peripheral retinal cryotherapy as a treatment for neovascular glaucoma.
This treatment does have a place in the management of the established conditions because, when it is successful, some guiding vision is maintained; this is potentially important, as a central retinal vein thrombosis may affect the second eye. Restoring a normotensive eye has other long-term advantages; it is cosmetically better, and is unlikely to lead to a degenerate cornea, which would otherwise occur, and might lead to late endophalmitis.
D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery; D012169:Retinal Vein