Low vision, Sequelae and Low Vision Rehabilitation in Retinopathy of Prematurity

Abstract

Retinopathy of prematurity is one of the most important causes of blindness and low vision in childhood. In premature-born individuals, as well as retinopathy of prematurity, cerebral-induced visual disturbances are frequent and may result in low vision and blindness. In premature-born infants and children with or without retinopathy of prematurity, long-term eye and visual disturbances are more common than the term-born ones. Among these; myopia, refraction errors, strabismus, amblyopia, glaucoma, cataract, late retinal detachments, sensory and perceptual dysfunction, visual field defects, and cerebral visual disturbances can be seen. For this reason, life-long follow-ups of preterm born individuals are so important in terms of functional vision in the longterm.