Retinopathy of prematurity: A prospective study. Review at six months

Laws, David; Shaw, David E.; Robinson, J; Jones, Huw; Ng, Y K; Fielder, Alistair R.

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“…Kent et al and Laws et al have also reported increasing astigmatism with increasing stage of ROP. 20,21 It is encouraging to note that the mean spherical equivalent and mean astigmatic error outcomes for our lasertreated eyes compare favorably with the findings of other investigators, as presented in Table 3. 7,20,[22][23][24] The shortterm refractive outcome at 1, 2, and 3 years has previously been reported for the laser-treated patients in our study.…”

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Long-Term Refractive and Biometric Outcomes Following Diode Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity

McLoone

O’Keefe

McLoone

et al. 2006

Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and

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PURPOSETo assess the long-term refractive and biometric outcomes of diode laser-treated eyes in threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). METHODSCycloplegic autorefraction and biometry (Zeiss IOLMaster) were performed, at a mean follow-up of 11 years, on 16 laser-treated eyes with threshold ROP and 9 comparison eyes with subthreshold untreated ROP. RESULTSThe laser-treated eyes had a mean spherical equivalent of Ϫ2.33 D with a mean astigmatic error of 1.38 D. The comparison eyes had a mean spherical equivalent of ϩ1.07 D with a mean astigmatic error of 0.42 D. This trend toward increased myopia in treated eyes did not achieve statistical significance ( p ϭ 0.08). The myopia in the laser group appeared to be slowly progressive in nature when compared with earlier refractive data for these patients. The laser-treated eyes had reduced anterior chamber depth (ACD) compared with the subthreshold eyes ( p ϭ 0.02). When physiologic accommodation was inhibited by cycloplegic drops, the anterior chamber deepened by 0.13 mm in the laser-treated eyes and by 0.06 mm in the comparison eyes. This effect of accommodation on ACD did not differ significantly between the two groups ( p ϭ 0.23). The laser-treated eyes and the comparison eyes did not differ significantly in terms of axial length, corneal power, corneal diameter, or lens power. However, both groups had steeper corneas, shallower anterior chambers, and shorter axial lengths when compared with historical full-term controls. CONCLUSIONSMyopia in premature infants requiring laser treatment for ROP is associated with a shallowing of the anterior chamber and a steepening of the cornea. Physiological accommodation is not impaired by laser therapy or by severe ROP. ( J AAPOS 2006;10: 454-459) P rematurity and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) are well-established independent risk factors for myopia. [1][2][3][4] There have been reports that cryotherapy in threshold ROP contributes to the development of myopia and that laser photocoagulation, in comparison, produces less myopic shift. 5-7 However, Quinn et al felt that the cryotherapy did not result in additional myopia but that the high myopia was related to the cicatricial retinopathy or severity of ROP. 8 In recent times, laser photocoagulation has largely replaced cryotherapy as the established treatment modality for ROP. Davitt et al have shown no increase in myopia or high myopia, at 9 months, in laser-treated compared with untreated high-risk prethreshold ROP eyes in the Early Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ETROP) study. 9 The clinical objective of this study was to evaluate the long-term refractive outcome of threshold ROP eyes at a mean of 11 years after diode laser treatment, with particular attention to the role of the cornea, anterior chamber depth, axial length, and effective lens power in determining the refractive status.A comparison group with documented subthreshold ROP, which had regressed spontaneously without laser treatment, was also evaluated. Materials and MethodsAll premature babies who...

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Long-Term Refractive and Biometric Outcomes Following Diode Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity

McLoone

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“…However, when we subcategorised stage 3 into threshold and subthreshold, then significance was maintained only for the treated groups, with no difference being observed for stages 0, 1, 2 and 3 subthreshold. Both Laws et al 4 2 5 found no such correlation. When stage 3 was subdivided into threshold and subthreshold, it was mainly the influence of the cryotherapy-treated group and to a lesser extent the laser-treated group that caused these trends, while subthreshold ROP stage 3 children had similar ocular dimensions when compared with stages 0, 1 and 2.…”

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“…We found that the degree of myopia in both laser-and cryotherapy treated groups was greater than that observed within the first year of the above study, while the refractive disparity between the treatments had increased even further. With respect to astigmatism Laws et al 4 found that increasing degrees of astigmatism were associated with increasing stage of ROP. In their cohort no infant reached threshold disease but a significant difference existed between stages 2 and 3.…”

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The influence of retinopathy of prematurity on ocular growth

Kent

Pennie

Laws

et al. 2000

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“…The degree of astigmatism in prematurely born children increases with severity of ROP (42). The present study revealed that the prevalence of astigmatism more than 2D was dominant in the premature group compared with that in the control group, especially the premature treated group had the highest prevalence of astigmatism more than 2D.…”

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Ophthalmological follow-up of prematurely born children in preschool age: prospective study of visual acuity, refractive errors and strabismus

Montvilaitė¹,

Grizickaitė²,

Augyte³

et al. 2016

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Background. Preterm birth is a very relevant problem. Retinopathy of prematurity in its severe forms causes visual impairment or can lead to blindness. The aim of the present study was to describe the visual outcome in prematurely born and full-term children at the preschool age and to evaluate the effects of prematurity per se, ROP, and treatment on visual acuity and refractive errors.Materials and methods. A prospective study on the incidence of ROP during 2006-2008 included 103 preterm infants. 81 had ROP and 22 had no history of ROP; 40 were age-matched healthy children. All underwent a complete ophthalmic examination.Results. Significant myopia (≤ -0.50D) in prematurely born children differed from full-term ones. The ROP treated group had the highest prevalence of myopia (P < 0.001). Astigmatism (>2D) was dominant in the premature group (39%) as compared with the control group (0%) (P < 0.05). 65% had significant anisometropia and 35% had high anisometropia in the preterm group and only 5% had significant anisometropia in the full-term group (P = 0.014). Within the preterm group, the ROP treated children had the highest frequency of anisometropia and strabismus (P = 0.001). Visual acuity was significantly better in the full-term than in prematurely born children (P < 0.001). Three children (7.7%) of the premature ROP treated group were visually impaired.Conclusions. Refractive errors, astigmatism, anisometropia and strabismus were more common in prematurely born children than in those born at term, especially the ROP treated group. ROP outcome and prematurity per se remain risk factors for visual impairment to prematurely born children at preschool age.

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Retinopathy of prematurity: A prospective study. Review at six months

Cited by 76 publications

References 33 publications

Long-Term Refractive and Biometric Outcomes Following Diode Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity

Long-Term Refractive and Biometric Outcomes Following Diode Laser Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity

The influence of retinopathy of prematurity on ocular growth

Ophthalmological follow-up of prematurely born children in preschool age: prospective study of visual acuity, refractive errors and strabismus

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