Treatment of Acute Retinopathy of Prematurity with Argon Indirect Laser Opthalmoscope.

Shin, Dong Su; Ahn, Sang Ki; Koo, Bon Sul

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1996;37(12):2059-2064.
Published online December 1, 1996.

Treatment of Acute Retinopathy of Prematurity with Argon Indirect Laser Opthalmoscope.

Dong Su Shin, Sang Ki Ahn, Bon Sul Koo

Department of Ophthalmology, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

아르곤 레이저 도상검안경을 이용한 급성기 미숙아 망막증의 치료

신동수(Dong Su Shin),안상기(Sang Ki Ahn),구본술(Bon Sul Koo)

Abstract

Twenty two eyes of twelve infants with threshold or prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity were treated by using the Argon laser through an indirect ophthalmoscopic delivery system. Eyes that had persistent plus disease were retreated to the missed areas. Mean follow-up period was 8.1 months. 20 of 22 eyes were regressed and all of prethreshold ROP were regressed. Our results suggest that argon laser photocoagulation is as effective as cryotherapy in the treatment of ROP and excellent results can be obtained by treating prethreshold zone I or posterior zone II ROP. And laser treatment is better tolerated by infant, accurate, easy, less destructive and not requires general anesthesia.

Key Words: ROP;Argon Laser Photocoagulation