[Ocular outcomes in 3-year-old premature infants with retinopathy treated with cryotherapy and laser photocoagulation].

Abstract

PURPOSE:

The aim of the study was to compare functional and structural outcomes in 3-year-old premature children treated in acute phase of retinopathy of prematurity with diode laser photocoagulation and cryotherapy.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

We examined 106 premature children aged 3 years, treated for retinopathy of prematurity, by transpupillary diode laser photocoagulation (group II) or cryotherapy (group I). Functional (visual acuity using Snellen charts or preferential looking test - Teller acuity Card) and structural (anterior segment slit lamp and indirect Fison fundus examination) outcome and cycloplegic refraction using 1% Tropicamide were examined in all children.

RESULTS:

Favorable functional results occurred in 81.9% of eyes in patients after cryotherapy and in 83.9% of eyes in patients after diode laser photocoagulation. Structural outcome was favorable in 90.1% of eyes treated with cryotherapy and in 95.3% of eyes treated with diode laser photocoagulation.

CONCLUSION:

Diode laser photocoagulation appliance in retinopathy of prematurity treatment allows to obtain better functional and structural outcomes than cryotherapy.

• Authors: Joanna Kobylarz, Dawid Kulec, Anna Michalik-Wójcik, Anna Napora-Krawiec, Małgorzata Anzel, Bozena Romanowska-Dixon
• Journal: Przeglad lekarski (Przegl Lek) Vol. 66 Issue 11 Pg. 940-3 ( 2009) ISSN: 0033-2240 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Ocena narzadu wzroku u 3-letnich wcześniaków z retinopatia leczonych krioterapia i laserokoagulacja.
• PMID: 20297634 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Child, Preschool
• Cryotherapy
• Female
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Laser Coagulation
• Male
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (therapy)
• Treatment Outcome
• Visual Acuity