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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2022

Transscleral vs transpupillary diode laser photocoagulation for the treatment of zone II type 1 retinopathy of prematurity: Anatomical and refractive outcomes.

Ramak Roohipourmoallai, Shahin Faghihi, Hooshang Faghihi, Ali Torkashvand, Amin Nabavi, Marjan I Fooladi, Afsar D Farahani, Fatemeh Bazvand, Siva S R Iyer, Nazanin Ebrahimiadib

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Article in Indian journal of ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors.

Ramak RoohipourmoallaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Shahin FaghihiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hooshang FaghihiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ali TorkashvandDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amin NabaviDepartment of Ophthalmology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Marjan I FooladiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Afsar D FarahaniDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh BazvandDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Siva S R IyerDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Nazanin EbrahimiadibDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the anatomical and refractive outcomes of transscleral diode versus transpupillary laser photocoagulation for the treatment of zone II type 1 retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

methodsIn this prospective comparative interventional case series, infants with type 1 ROP in zone II were assigned to either transpupillary or transscleral laser based on the surgeons' expertise area. The rate of regression, need for retreatment, and structural and biometric outcomes at month 6 were evaluated and compared between the two treatment groups.

resultsIn total, 209 eyes were enrolled; 145 eyes of 77 infants and 64 eyes of 33 infants and were in transscleral and transpupillary groups, respectively. There was no significant difference in baseline characteristics between the groups. There was no significant difference in retreatment rates (1.6% vs. 3.4%; P = 0.669) and progression to stage 4 (1.6% vs. 2.8%; P = 0.999) between the transpupillary and transscleral groups, respectively. At month 6, the mean spherical equivalent was 0.31 ± 3.57 and 0.44 ± 2.85 diopters, and the axial length was 18.28 ± 6.22 and 18.36 ± 6.87 mm in the transpupillary and transscleral groups, respectively, without a significant difference between groups. There was no significant difference in the rate of myopia (43.8% vs. 33.8%; P = 0.169) and high myopia (4.7% vs. 4.8%; P = 0.965) in transpupillary and transscleral groups at month 6.

conclusionThe transpupillary and transscleral laser photocoagulation routes are both effective in the treatment of zone II type 1 ROP and show no significant differences in anatomical or refractive outcomes in relation to the route chosen.

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Retinopathy of PrematurityFollow-Up StudiesGestational AgeHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLaser CoagulationLasers, SemiconductorProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeRefractive errorretinopathy of prematuritytranspupillary laser photocoagulationtransscleral laser photocoagulation

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PMCPMC8917555

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