title: Cryotherapy: a new treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.
abstract: More than 2,600 infants have some degree of eye damage and loss of vision from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) each year in the United States. Transcleral cryotherapy, a treatment that has been shown to decrease vision loss due to ROP by 50%, is now being used in the United States.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000145:classification / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*