Observational studyInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2021
Foveal Differentiation and Inner Retinal Displacement Are Arrested in Extremely Premature Infants.
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Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care (BabySTEPS)
Analyzing Retinal Microanatomy in Retinopathy of Prematurity to Improve Care 2 and School Age Follow on Study (BabySTEPS2)
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Prematurity on Foveal Development During Infancy: Increased Foveal Inner and Outer Retina Layer Thicknesses in Extremely Premature Infants.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Observational
- Utility of handheld optical coherence tomography imaging in the surgical management of preterm infants with advanced retinopathy of prematurity.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Assessing visual and refractive outcomes of subretinal fluid detected by handheld swept-source optical coherence tomography in full-term newborns.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2026Article
- Very Preterm Infant Retinal Microanatomy at 36 Weeks' Postmenstrual Age and 2-Year Neurodevelopment.JAMA ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Genome-wide association and multi-omics functional screens reveal the genetic architecture of foveal development.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Risk Factors and Structural Impact of Macular Edema in Preterm Infants: An OCT-Based Cohort Study.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2026Article
- Macular development in preterm twins with and without retinopathy of prematurity: an OCT angiography study from the Shenzhen prematurity eye study.European journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Topographic Features in Retinopathy of Prematurity With en Face Ultra-Widefield OCT.Ophthalmology. Retina · 2026Article
- Validating DevCheck: a semi-automated computer algorithm for measuring foveal immaturity in premature infants.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of Retinal and Choroidal OCT Measures and Features at Term Equivalent Age in Preterm and Term Infants.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Genetic insights into foveal morphology and its associations with pigmentation and age-related macular degeneration.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Association Between Optic Nerve Morphology by Handheld Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Intracranial Pathology in Preterm Infants.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Observational
- Sex-Specific Differences in the Relationship Between Prematurity and Ocular Geometry.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Assessment of OCT-Based Measures of Foveal Cone Structure in Achromatopsia.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Early Single-Examination Optical Coherence Tomography Biomarkers for Treatment-Requiring Retinopathy of Prematurity.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Five degrees-of-freedom mechanical arm with remote center of motion (RCM) device for volumetric optical coherence tomography (OCT) retinal imaging.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Visual Function and Inner Retinal Structure in Relation to Birth Factors in Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- Retinal structure and visual pathway function at school age in children born extremely preterm: a population-based study.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Structural impact of arrested foveal development in children born extremely preterm without ROP at 6.5 years of age.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Semi-Automated Analysis of Foveal Maturity in Premature and Full-Term Infants Using Handheld Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Purpose: Children with a history of prematurity often have poorly developed foveae but when during development foveal differences arise. We hypothesize that the course of foveal development is altered from the time of preterm birth. Methods: Eyes of 102 preterm infants undergoing retinopathy of prematurity screening examinations in the STudy of Eye imaging in Premature infantS (BabySTEPS) (NCT02887157) were serially imaged between 30 and 42 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) using handheld optical coherence tomography systems. Total retinal thickness, inner retinal layer (IRL) thickness, and outer retinal layer (ORL) thickness were measured at the foveal center and parafovea. Foveal put depth, IRL thickness, and ORL thickness were compared between infants born at different gestational ages using mixed effects models. Results: Foveal pit depth and IRL thickness were inversely related to gestational age; on average, the most premature infants had the thickest IRL and shallowest pits at all PMAs. Differences were evident by 30 weeks PMA and persisted through 42 weeks PMA. The foveal pits of the most premature infants did not progressively deepen, and the IRLs did not continue to thin with increasing chronological age. Conclusions: Foveation in extremely preterm infants is arrested from the earliest observed ages and fails to progress through term equivalent age. The developmental displacement of the IRL from the foveal center into the parafovea does not occur normally after preterm birth. These observations suggest that foveal hypoplasia seen in children with history of prematurity is due to disturbances in foveal development that manifest within weeks of birth.
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