Follow-up study on premature infants with and without retinopathy of prematurity.
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 77 (2) , 91-94
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.77.2.91
Abstract
The ocular complications in population of 131 premature infants, with and without retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) are reported. An increased incidence of strabismus (20% with ROP and 25% without ROP) and myopia (27.5% with ROP and 8.8% without ROP) was shown. Significant visual loss occurred in 10.7% overall, increasing to 35% with stage 3 disease and 100% with stage 4. With the increased survival rate of premature infants, the relevance to future management of this expanding group of young people is considered.Keywords
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