Objective. To study a method of prophylaxis of retinopathy at the stage of nursing of premature baby and evaluate the results. Material and methods. This method has been applied during the year on the basis of the Perinatal center of the Rostov region and the ophthalmic branch of the Rostov regional children’s clinical hospital. For this study were selected two groups of patients 50 children (100 eyes) from 26.5 to 36 weeks gestational age (GW) and with birth weight from 650 to 2650 grams. All the children were divided into two groups - study and control of 25 children (50 eyes) each. In the main group since birth to full maturation of the retina or regression of the disease after surgical laser treatment used safety glasses. Results. Preliminary data showed that the application of protective red glasses while observing the basic rules of nursing preterm infants, reduced the development of PH 16% and the need for laser treatment by 20%. Conclusions. Occlumeny sitefinity method is the first method of ophthalmic prevention of occurrence and development of retinopathy of prematurity, keeping the retina intact, allowing it to develop in light conditions close to natural in utero from the moment of premature to the natural time of birth of the child.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a modern non-contact method of diagnostic examination which makes it possible to visualize a section of the retina as close as possible to its post-mortem histological section, and enables to distinguish individual layers of the human retina in a cross-section. The software pre-installed in such devices contains many different tools, but this is still not enough for a faster, more complete and accurate analysis of the obtained scans in order to make the correct diagnosis and choose the best treatment. There are more and more new and improved technologies for image processing in the world, which sets new tasks to develop additional software that can complement and expand the functionality of diagnostic equipment. This paper proposes a method of morphometric assessment of pathological conditions of the retina and chorioidea based on optical coherence tomography scans. This method is based on the algorithm for automated segmentation of the borders of the macular macular zone pathological focus, the algorithm for calculation of the area and volume of the pathological focus which together with other algorithms for analysis of the morphometric parameters of the human eye can be used for differential diagnostics of the pathological changes in the macular zone, for more precise diagnosis of the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) stage to prescribe a certain type and volume of treatment for stabilization and improvement of the central pontine visual functions.

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Purpose. To study the possible effect of protective red light filter glasses as a method of preventing retinopathy of prematurity, based on the phenomenon of preconditioning photostimulation. Material and methods. For this study, we selected 20 children (40 eyes) from 26.5 to 36 weeks of gestational age and a birth weight of 650 to 2650 grams. All children were divided into 2 groups – the main and control groups of 10 children (20 eyes) each. Results. In the main group of the study, with the use of protective red light filter glasses, the best indicators of the electroretinogram were noted. Conclusions. The use of glasses with red protective light filters-as a method based on the phenomenon of preconditioning photostimulation, is a simple and affordable method of preventing retinopathy of prematurity, which reduces the need for surgical laser treatment and the number of adverse outcomes of this disease. Key words: retinopathy of prematurity, methods of prevention of retinopathy of prematurity.