TY - JOUR T1 - Prospective controlled study to evaluate cryocontact therapy for infantile haemangioma in preterm infants JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F345 LP - F346 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304577 VL - 99 IS - 4 AU - Rangmar Goelz AU - Monika Moll AU - Christoph Meisner AU - Martin Röcken AU - Christian F Poets AU - Matthias C Moehrle Y1 - 2014/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/99/4/F345.1.abstract N2 - Despite the high prevalence of infantile haemangioma (IH) of preterm infants, methods for treating it have not yet been evaluated in controlled trials.1 Therefore, we conducted a prospective controlled study, comparing nitrogen-cooled cryocontact therapy (NCCT,−196°C) for early treatment of IH in preterm infants with no treatment.From 1 August 2004 to 31 December 2008, we allocated IH of infants ≤34 weeks gestational age with at least two IH into either a cryocontact or a control group, thus using intraindividual controls to exclude interpersonal differences potentially affecting growth. If IH appeared simultaneously, they were numbered from head to foot; even numbers were treated, odd numbers served as controls. In sequentially erupting IH, always the second one … ER -