Combined use of cryotherapy and diode laser photocoagulation for the treatment of threshold retinopathy of prematurity

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-125

  Eustis, H Sprague ^a   Mungan, Nils K ^a   Ginsberg, Harley G ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CATARACT; CHEMOSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYOPIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1542404891     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-8531(02)42003-4     Document Type: Article

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