Cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity--a prospective study.
Cryotherapy has been shown to reduce the unfavourable outcome in retinopathy of prematurity with stage 3 threshold disease by 50%. In a prospective study cryotherapy had a favourable outcome in 13 of 24 eyes with stage 3 threshold disease. The visual outcome, refraction, and complications of cryotherapy are discussed.
Robinson
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Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
O'Keefe
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M
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology