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ArticleJournal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus2019

Zone of retinal vascularization and refractive error in premature eyes with and without spontaneously regressed retinopathy of prematurity.

Mark S Dikopf, Lindsay A Machen, Joelle A Hallak, Felix Y Chau, Iris S Kassem

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Article in Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark S DikopfDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Lindsay A MachenDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Joelle A HallakDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Felix Y ChauDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Iris S KassemDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Electronic address: ikassem@mcw.edu.
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

UIC K12 Independent Clinical Vision Scientist Development ProgramK12EY021475 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ALI R DJALILIAN, CHARLOTTE E JOSLIN · 2011 to 2026
$6.7M
Fibrosis and Inflammation After Anterior Segment SurgeryK08EY024645 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI KASSEM, IRIS SCARLETT · 2014 to 2019
$946k
NEI NIH HHS K08 EY024645NEI NIH HHS K12 EY021475
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the relationship between zone of retinal vascularization and refractive error in premature infants without retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) or with spontaneously regressed ROP.

methodsThe medical records of neonates screened for ROP between 2009 and 2015 at a tertiary academic center were reviewed retrospectively. Cases included untreated eyes with spontaneously regressed ROP; premature eyes without a diagnosis of ROP were control subjects. Primary outcomes were zone of retinal vascularization and refractive error, determined by cycloplegic retinoscopy (CR).

resultsOf 378 eyes evaluated, 184 had ROP, 24 of which underwent treatment and were excluded. Mean corrected age at first CR was 7.5 months. Seventeen eyes without ROP were myopic at first CR (8.8%), compared to 35 eyes with regressed ROP (21.9%). No untreated eyes had halted vasculature in zone I; notably, 44% of spontaneously regressed zone II eyes were myopic. Irrespective of ROP status, CR significantly differed by zone of vascularization (P < 0.001), with more myopia occurring with posterior halting of vascularization. For all eyes, CR significantly differed between complete vascularization versus zone II (P < 0.0001) and zone III versus zone II (P = 0.001); zone III versus complete vascularization did not statistically differ (P = 0.15). This relationship held true for untreated, spontaneously regressed ROP eyes (P < 0.01, P = 0.01, P = 0.8343).

conclusionsMore myopic refraction occurred in neonates screened for ROP with posterior halting of vascularization. Patients with halted vascular growth in zone II should be closely monitored for myopia and refractive amblyopia.

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Infant, PrematureVisual AcuityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornLaser CoagulationMaleRefraction, OcularRetinal NeovascularizationRetinopathy of PrematurityRetinoscopyRetrospective Studies

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PMID31229607
PMCPMC6778011
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