Cryotherapy: a new treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.
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.
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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*