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Refractive status, biometric components, and functional outcomes of patients with threshold retinopathy of prematurity: systemic review and a 17-year longitudinal study.
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- The Comparison of Anterior Segment Parameters in School-Aged Children with Laser-Treated Retinopathy of Prematurity, Untreated Preterm Birth, and Full-Term Birth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The ocular shape and retinal structure in children with a history of treated retinopathy of prematurity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- A Review of Refractive Errors Post Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injection and Laser Photocoagulation Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Laser Photocoagulation Subsequent to Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Retinopathy of Prematurity Long-Term Efficacy in Extremely Low Birth Weight Twins.Journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Efficacy of supplemental oxygen in reducing the need for laser or intravitreal bevacizumab in preterm infants with stage 2 retinopathy of prematurity.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Corneal Endothelial Morphology and Ocular Biometric Indexes in Premature Children With and Without Retinopathy of Prematurity.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Ocular Biometric and Optical Coherence Tomography Parameters in Former Preterm Children: A Cohort Study.Journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Refractive Status and Biometric Characteristics of Children With Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the long-term refractive status, visual outcome, astigmatism, and the change in biometric optic components in older adolescents up to age 17 years with threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with diode laser.
methodsA retrospective, longitudinal study in which cycloplegic refraction, keratometry, and the biometric measurement of optic components were performed on 28 consecutive preterm eyes with laser-treated threshold ROP at age 17 years. The study results were statistically analysed and compared with age-matched full-term control.
resultsAll patients with ROP had myopia (average spherical equivalent of - 6.35 D, ranges from - 1.25 to - 12.38 D), and 12 eyes (43%) were highly myopic (spherical equivalent < - 6.0 D). Threshold ROP eyes exhibited a significantly poorer visual acuity (P < 0.001), greater cylinder refractive error (P < 0.001), higher corneal astigmatism (P < 0.001), and flatter horizontal corneal curvature (P = 0.01) compared with age-matched controls. Biometric optic components analysis revealed a significant shallower anterior chamber depth (P < 0.001), thicker lens (P < 0.001), and shorter axial length (P = 0.021) in laser-treated ROP eyes compared with age-matched controls.
conclusionsIn this 17-year longitudinal study, a higher prevalence of myopia and astigmatism was observed in laser-treated threshold ROP eyes compared with age-matched control eyes. Myopia and astigmatism in laser-treated ROP eyes typically progress through adolescence after school age. Therefore, we recommend that preterm patients with laser-treated threshold ROP should attend regular follow-up not only for refractive status but also for structural change of anterior segment until their adolescence.
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