Article PDF
References
Block D, O'Connor P, Lincoff H . The mechanism of the cryo-surgical adhesions. III. Statistical analysis. Am J Ophthalmol 1971;71:666.
Glaser BM, Vidaurri-Leal J, Michels RG, Campochiaro PA . Cryotherapy during surgery for giant retinal tears and intravitreal dispersion of viable retinal pigment epithelial cells. Ophthalmology 1993;100:466–70.
Delaney WV Jr. Retinal tear extension through the cryosurgical scar. Br J Ophthalmol 1971;55:205–9.
Greven MD, Tasman W . Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following cryotherapy in retinopathy of prematurity. Arch Ophthalmol 1989;107:1017–8.
Okubo A, Uemura A . De novo retinal break associated with excessive cryotherapy [in Japanese]. Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi: Acta Societatis Ophthalmologicae Japonicae 1992;96:683–7.
Lincoff H . The mechanism of the cryosurgical adhesion. IV. Electron microscopy. Am J Ophthalmol 1971;71:674–89.
Feman SS, Smith RS, Stewart Ray G, Long RS . Electron microscopy study of cryogenic chorioretinal adhesions. Am J Ophthalmol 1976;81:823–31.
Lincoff HA, McLean JM . Cryosurgery in treating retinal detachment and other eye disorders. Br J Ophthalmol 1965;49:337–4.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Bowman, R., Hodgkins, P., Soliman, M. et al. Retinal necrosis as a complication of cryotherapy. Eye 8, 600–601 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1994.146
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1994.146