Effect of Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
;
: 35-40, 1993.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-76893
ABSTRACT
Cryotherapy or photocoagulation is indicated for threshcld stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity. Twenty-three infants with threshold stage 3+ retinopathy of prematurity were treated with cryotherapy and were analyzed from June 1988 10 December 1991. In patient with cryotherapy, mean gestational age was 30.0 weeks, mean birth weight was 1281gm, and mean number of cryoapplications was 45.4. 32 of 44 eyes (72.7%) had favorable outcomes, and 12 of 44 eyes (27.3%) had unfavorable outcomes.
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Main subject:
Birth Weight
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Retinopathy of Prematurity
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Gestational Age
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Cryotherapy
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Light Coagulation
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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