purpose : childhood blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity (rop) is an important concern, but this blindness or severe visual impairment may be prevented if at risk infants are screened before occurrence of advanced stages. in this study, we tried to find the role of parental education about rop in parents’ compliance for on-time attendance for rop screening. methods : demographic factors ...

Both angiotensin II and vascular endothelial growth factor are angiogenic agents that have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. In this study, retinal neovascularization was examined in a model of retinopathy of prematurity with the use of neonatal transgenic (mRen-2)27 rats, which overexpress renin in tissues, and Sprague-Dawley rats. Blockers of ...

as noted by organization of the vitreous overlying the optic nerve presumedly resulted in macular detachment and visual loss. Plasminassisted vitrectomy was successful in reestablishing the patient’s normal macular anatomy and restoring her baseline visual acuity. When present and confirmed by careful clinical examination, including adjunct methods such as optical coherence tomography, subclini...

as noted by organization of the vitreous overlying the optic nerve presumedly resulted in macular detachment and visual loss. Plasminassisted vitrectomy was successful in reestablishing the patient’s normal macular anatomy and restoring her baseline visual acuity. When present and confirmed by careful clinical examination, including adjunct methods such as optical coherence tomography, subclini...

We screened 50 neonates fulfilling the inclusion criteria admitted during the study period in a teaching hospital in a north-eastern state of India. Out of 50 neonates screened, 22 (44%) developed retinopathy of prematurity. There was significant association between the birth weight and gestational age of the baby at the time of the delivery with the development of ROP. Multivariate analysis of...

dear editor: i read the recent publication on retinopathy of prematurity (rop) screening with a great interest. mousavi et al concluded that “giving sufficient information about rop to parents and educating them about this potentially blinding condition, along with making appointments for them and presence of facilities for free rop screening exams, can increase the chance of on-time screening....

Since the publication in 1981 of an overview of our previous 15 years' research into the genesis of the retinopathy of prematurity, the incidence of this disease has continued to rise as the survival rates of increasingly premature infants have risen. Since then, we have completed a study of the morphology of the developing retinal vasculature that lends support to the hypothesis described in t...

The etiology of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is multifactorial while ROP is also frequently associated with other co-morbidity characteristics in former preterm infants. We describe the current risk factors associated with the development of pre-threshold ROP in a cohort of 267 ELBW (extreme low birth weight, i.e. < 1 000 g) infants. We hereby confirm the combined risk associated with immat...