Refractive Status in Children with Laser-Treated Retinopathy of Prematurity: Our Experience in Bulgaria | Zendy

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Refractive Status in Children with Laser-Treated Retinopathy of Prematurity: Our Experience in Bulgaria

Author(s) -

Nevyana Veleva,

Violeta Chernodrinska

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.309

Subject(s) - medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , cycloplegia , cyclopentolate , gestational age , birth weight , astigmatism , ophthalmology , low birth weight , refractive error , pediatrics , visual acuity , pregnancy , genetics , physics , optics , biology

With the establishment of laser photocoagulation as a standard treatment modality for prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a dramatic reduction of cases with ROP blindness and severe visual impairment have been reported. In the same time, high refractive errors, a common complication in ROP cases and especially in ROP treated infants, have become the main cause of visual and often severe visual impairment.

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