Scleral buckling in 2 1/2- to 11-month-old premature infants with retinal detachment associated with acute retrolental fibroplasia

Abstract

The authors' experience over the past five years in the cryosurgical management of retinal detachment in ten eyes of eight premature infants with retrolental fibroplasia, whose ages at the time of detachment surgery ranged from 2 1/2 months to 11 months with an average of 5 1/2 months, is reported. Postoperative follow-up, ranging from eight to 61 months, has revealed that scleral buckling was successful in six eyes (60%). The ERG responses are slow to become established postoperatively, and VER testing is of questionable value in these cases.