Retinopathy of prematurity in the United Kingdom: retreatment rates, visual and structural 1-year outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To evaluate retreatment rates, visual and anatomical outcomes at 1-year postnatal age in infants treated for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) METHODS: Longitudinal national surveillance study of infants treated for ROP in the United Kingdom between December 2013 and December 2014, supported by the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit. Here we report retreatment rates, anatomical, visual and refractive outcomes at 1-year follow-up.

Results

One-year follow-up forms were completed for 168 children of the original cohort of 327 (51.4%). Twenty-two had at least one retreatment: 17/153 right eyes (REs, 11.1%) after initial diode laser, and 5/14 REs (35.7%) after initial injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody. Median (interquartile range) RE best-

SUBMITTER: Adams GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224459 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature