| Literature DB >> 2012782 |
I Nissenkorn1, I Ben Sira, I Kremer, D D Gaton, R Krikler, E Wielunsky, P Merlob.
Abstract
We report our 11 years' experience of cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Charts of 624 infants weighing under 1250 g who were admitted to our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during 1977-87 were reviewed. Three hundred and eighty nine babies survived, and the total ROP prevalence was 57.5%. Cryotherapy was applied to 35%. Only one case (0.25%) of blindness was detected, and four babies (1%) had a final visual acuity of less than 20/200 in one eye. The complication rate following cryoablation was very low.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 2012782 PMCID: PMC1042296 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.75.3.158
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ophthalmol ISSN: 0007-1161 Impact factor: 4.638