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. 1986;224(3):201-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF02143053.

A pilot study on cryotherapy and active retinopathy of prematurity

W Tasman

A pilot study on cryotherapy and active retinopathy of prematurity

W Tasman. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1986.

Abstract

Seventeen patients with symmetrical stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and plus disease were assign to cryotherapy in one eye. Treatment was confined to the avascular zone of retina. Twelve treated eyes (71%) improved and 10 untreated eyes (59%) became worse. However, in only five patients did the treated eye improve and the untreated eye become worse, a number too small to be statistically significant.

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