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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 36-41 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | British Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1984 |
| Externally published | Yes |