Cryotherapy and Photocoagulation in the Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity

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Authors: R. Autrata; M. Holoušová; J. Řehůřek
Authors‘ workplace: Dětská oční klinika DN FNB a LF MU, Brno, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Řehůřek, CSc.
Published in: Čes. a slov. Oftal., , 2002, No. 1, p. 30-35
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Overview

In a retrospective clinical trial is compared efficacy of transscleral cryotherapyversus diode laser photocoagulation in the treatment of threshold stage 3 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in zone II-III. 40 eyes were treated with cryotherapyand 32 eyes were treated with diode laser photocoagulation. All children havebeen followed up for 5 to 9 years after treatment. The long-term best-correctedvisual acuity (BCVA) and refractive errors were evaluated. BCVA from 6/6 to 6/18in last examination had 53% of eyes with cryotherapy and 56% of eyes withphotocoagulation. The difference was not statistically significant (P= 0.094).Myopia over -6.0 D were at 32.5% of eyes with cryotherapy and at 22% of eyes withphotocoagulation. This difference was statistically significant (P

Key words:
retinopathy of prematurity, cryotherapy,diodelaserphotocoagulation

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