High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity

Despite the proven benefit of cryotherapy in the management of threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), it was shown leading to ocular adverse effects. A male infant was born at 28 week of gestation with a birth weight of 1200 g. Serial examinations revealed worsening ROP in both eyes until he re...

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Main Authors: Omar, Nazri, Lo, Yee Lin, Md. Salleh, Rafidah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50424/1/FKUSK1_MJMHS_V2_NO2_10.pdf
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author Omar, Nazri
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Md. Salleh, Rafidah
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description Despite the proven benefit of cryotherapy in the management of threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), it was shown leading to ocular adverse effects. A male infant was born at 28 week of gestation with a birth weight of 1200 g. Serial examinations revealed worsening ROP in both eyes until he reached a high risk pre-threshold ROP in his right eye and threshold ROP in his left eye. Cryotherapy was performed for the threshold ROP in the left eye while the right eye was subjected to further observation. Subsequently, ROP in both eyes regressed without cicatrisation. The patient was followed-up over 8 years and refractions showed that the treated eye developed steadily increasing myopia while the untreated eye remained emmetropic. This case demonstrated the detrimental effect of cryotherapy to the treated eye leading to the progressive myopia as the child grew.
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spelling upm.eprints-504242017-02-28T10:30:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50424/ High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity Omar, Nazri Lo, Yee Lin Md. Salleh, Rafidah Despite the proven benefit of cryotherapy in the management of threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), it was shown leading to ocular adverse effects. A male infant was born at 28 week of gestation with a birth weight of 1200 g. Serial examinations revealed worsening ROP in both eyes until he reached a high risk pre-threshold ROP in his right eye and threshold ROP in his left eye. Cryotherapy was performed for the threshold ROP in the left eye while the right eye was subjected to further observation. Subsequently, ROP in both eyes regressed without cicatrisation. The patient was followed-up over 8 years and refractions showed that the treated eye developed steadily increasing myopia while the untreated eye remained emmetropic. This case demonstrated the detrimental effect of cryotherapy to the treated eye leading to the progressive myopia as the child grew. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50424/1/FKUSK1_MJMHS_V2_NO2_10.pdf Omar, Nazri and Lo, Yee Lin and Md. Salleh, Rafidah (2016) High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 12 (2). pp. 49-52. ISSN 1675-8544 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_V2_NO2_10.pdf
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High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title_full High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title_fullStr High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title_full_unstemmed High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title_short High myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
title_sort high myopia following unilateral cryocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50424/1/FKUSK1_MJMHS_V2_NO2_10.pdf
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