Visual acuity, strabismus, and amblyopia in premature babies with and without retinopathy of prematurity.

  • 1 July 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (7) , 256-8
Abstract
One hundred eighty-seven premature babies, 48 of whom suffered from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), were examined. A higher incidence of strabismus was found in the group with cicatricial ROP (23% vs. 9%). Amblyopia was present in 6% of the ROP group and in only 1.4% of babies without ROP. Myopia was found in 50% of the ROP group as compared with 15% in the nonROP group. Astigmatism and anisometropia were more common in the ROP group, but hypermetropia was equally represented in both groups.

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