This review summarizes the knowledge and highlights recent advances in clinical research of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). This disease is still important, because improvements in neonatal intensive care during the last years have increased the survival of the most immature newborns, but did not diminish the ROP frequency. Ophthalmologic screening and, if applicable, laser treatment at the o...

When the condition of retrolental fibroplasia was first described by Terry (1942) in the United States of America it was then only recognized in the advanced state of a cicatricial mass or membrane behind the lens. It is now appreciated, however, that the earliest pathological changes occur in the nerve fibre layer of the retina, which first of all becomes thickened as a result of oedema, trans...

Retinopathy of prematurity is a disease that affects the eyes of many babies who are prematurely born. If the retinopathy is not detected in the days following birth, blindness may occur. Studies have demonstrated that by observing the blood vessels within the retina, the disease can be quantified at an early stage, and early treatment can save the baby’s eyes. We have developed a new tool to a...