Incidence of cataract development by 6 months' corrected age in the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the incidence of cataract development by 6 months' corrected age in preterm children who participated in the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity study.

Methods

Infants who developed prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in one or both eyes and were determined by the RM-ROP2 model to have a high risk of poor structural outcome without treatment were randomized to receive early treatment (ET), defined as laser photocoagulation at high-risk prethreshold ROP, or to be conventionally managed (CM), receiving treatment only if threshold ROP developed. Data on eyes developing a cataract by 6 months' corrected age were analyzed.

Results

Of 401 randomized infants, 366 survived patients were followed, and 8 eyes of 7 patients (1.9%) developed

SUBMITTER: Davitt BV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3577978 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature