Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Toreportthefrequency of retinopathy of prematurityamongprematureinfants in ourclinic METHODS: Medical records of 620 prematurebabies who had been referred to Zeynep Kamil Maternity and Children’s Training and Research Hospital for retinopathy of prematurity screening fromouter centers or who had been managed in neonatal intensive care unit at the same hospitalwere investigated retrospectively. Characteristics of infants as gestationalage, birth weight, findings pertaining to retinopathy of prematurity (disease zone and stage), findings of treated cases (treatment modality, postmenstrualage at treatment time) were recorded. RESULTS: Three hundred-twenty (51.6%) of patients were male, 300 (48.4%) were female. Meangestationalage of infants was 31,21±2,61 weeks (24- 34) and mean birth weight was 1645,17±552,03 grams (470-3870). Several stages of retinopathy of prematurity (stage1-3) was detected in 314 (50.6%) of 620 babies during the follow-upperiod. High risk prethres hold retinopathy of prematurity was detected in 84 (13.5%) babies and laserphotocoagulation or intravitrealanti VEGF therapy was applied to the seinfants. There was a significantin versecorrelation between the development of retinopathy of prematurity with gestational age and birth weight. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Early gestational ageand low birthweight are thet womost important parameters in development of retinopathy of prematurity. Visual outcomes are better in cases which are treated appropriately and timely.

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