PubMed ID: 1190655
Author(s): Lee CB, Woolf MB, Galinos SO, Goldbaum MH, Stevens TS, Goldberg MF. Cryotherapy of proliferative sickle retinopathy. Part I. Single freeze-thaw cycle. Ann Ophthalmol. 1975 Oct;7(10):1299-308. PMID 1190655
Journal: Annals Of Ophthalmology, Volume 7, Issue 10, Oct 1975
Transconjunctival cryocoagulation was used to treat proliferative sickle retinopathy in 6 patients. Ten eyes were treated with a single freeze-thaw cycle and were observed for 3 to 18 months. Nine of 13 (70%) neovascular lesions were completely closed without occluding major vascular trunks, while the remaining 4 (30%) showed marked attenuation.