Cryosurgery in treating retinal detachmient and other eye disorders

Abstract

Two and a half years of animal experimentation with ophthalmic cryosurgery, and clinical observation of its results in patients, have yielded the following results: (1) Cryosurgery is superior to diathermy in the treatment of retinal detachment. (2) Cataractous lenses with tense capsules and subluxated lenses may be removed with greater security by cryopexy than with capsule forceps. (3) Experiments to date with a cyclocryothermy operation have not been successful in producing a permanent lowering of intra-ocular pressure. (4) Cryopexy may be useful in the treatment of retinoblastoma and metastatic carcinoma.