Retinopathy of Prematurity: Treatment Approaches

  • Arnall Patz
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Part of the Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series book series (DOPS, volume 50)

Abstract

There has been a significant increase in the survival of infants with birthweights up to 1500g since the original epidemic of the Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) in the early 1950’s with a 4–5 fold increase in survival of infants with birthweights less than 1000g, those with the highest risk of developing ROP. The increased survival of these high risk infants is probably responsible for the significant increase in cases of ROP in recent years.

Keywords

International Classification Retinal Detachment Pupillary Dilatation Spontaneous Regression Adequate Sample Size 
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References

  1. 1.
    Vitamin E and Retinopathy of Prematurity, Institute of Medicine, Nat. Acad. Press: Washington, D.C., June 1986.Google Scholar

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© Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

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