RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A clinicopathological case of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated by peripheral cryopexy.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 36
OP 41
DO 10.1136/bjo.68.1.36
VO 68
IS 1
A1 I Nissenkorn
A1 I Kremer
A1 I Ben Sira
A1 S Cohen
A1 A Garner
YR 1984
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/68/1/36.abstract
AB A baby born at 25 weeks gestation with a birth weight of 800 g who suffered from severe respiratory distress syndrome with metabolic acidosis is described. Active retinopathy of prematurity, stages II and III, was found in the right eye at the age of 1 month and in the left eye a month later. Both eyes were treated by peripheral cryopexy. The pathological examination showed that cryopexy was effective in preventing progression of the retinopathy to cause severe cicatrisation.