Myopia in premature infants at the age of 6 months
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
;
: 44-49, 1992.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-120950
ABSTRACT
>The authors performed cycloplegic refractions in 180 eyes of 99 premature infants at the age of 6 months to evaluate the incidence and the degree of myopia according to the development and disease course of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and to investigate the effect of cryotherapy on the refractive error. The incidences of myopia were not different between premature infants without ROP and premature infants with spontaneously and totally regressed ROP (36.3%, 25.5%),and the degrees of myopia were low in both groups (-1.76 D, -2.25 D). In premature infants with totally regressed ROP after cryotherapy, the incidence of myopia was high (75.5%) but the degree of myopia was low (-3.03 D). In premature infants with cicatricial ROP, cryotreated or not, both the incidence and the degree of myopia were high (93.9%, -5.50 D). It is suggested that cryotherapyincreases the incidence of myopia but the degree of myopia induced by cryotherap y is low.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Refraction, Ocular
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Retinopathy of Prematurity
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Infant, Premature
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Incidence
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Cryosurgery
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Korea
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Myopia
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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