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. 1984 Jan;68(1):36–41. doi: 10.1136/bjo.68.1.36

A clinicopathological case of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated by peripheral cryopexy.

I Nissenkorn, I Kremer, I Ben Sira, S Cohen, A Garner
PMCID: PMC1040235  PMID: 6546294

Abstract

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.

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