Screening and early treatment on ophthalmopathy of premature infant

Abstract

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of screening and early treatment on the eye disease of premature infant. Methods The fundus examination results with children wide-area digital fundus imaging system and photographs of 2852 eyes of 1426 premature infants from July 2013 to July 2015 in our hospital were taken. The data were analyzed and the early treatment was given. Results Among the fundus of 2852 eyes of premature infants, there were 182 eyes of retinopathy of prematurity, 18 eyes of congenital cataract, 5 eyes of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, 4 eyes of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, 3 eyes of congenital choroidal coloboma, 2 eyes of congenital optic disc dysplasia, and 2 eye of congenital microphthalmia. There were 216 (7.57%) infants suffering from ophthalmopathy in total. In the 182 eyes of retinopathy of prematurity, 37 eyes received retinal laser photocoagulation, 16 eyes received intravitreal injection, 15 eyes received intravitreal injection combined with retinal laser photocoagulation, 5 eyes received vitrectomy combined with retinal laser photocoagulation, and some infants gave up the treatment. Conclusion Screening and early treatment on oculopathy of premature infant improve the vision and survival quality. Key words: Ophthalmopathy, prematurity; Screening; Children wide-area digital fundus imaging system; Treatment, early; Vitrectomy