Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cryotherapy in retinopathy of prematurity.
Three patients who had been treated with transscleral cryotherapy to the avascular retina for stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity with threshold disease had total rhegmatogenous retinal detachments develop. In each case, the retinal detachment developed more than 1 year after treatment and resulted from a tear at the junction of the treated and untreated retina. Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is a late complication of transscleral cryotherapy that to our knowledge has not previously been documented.
Greven
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Retina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
Tasman
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling