What is the management of ROP patient?

The management of retinopathy of prematurity is evolving. Screening and treatment interventions include frequent retinal examinations of at-risk preterm infants, laser treatment of the peripheral avascular retina in eyes with severe retinopathy of prematurity, and visual rehabilitation (Table 1 and Fig. 1).

Is retinopathy of prematurity progressive?

It is characterized by the abnormal growth of blood vessels and other harmful retinal changes that may develop in the fetal eye. ROP is progressive, beginning with mild changes in the vessels, and possibly progressing on to more severe changes.

How can retinopathy of prematurity be prevented?

I propose that retinopathy of prematurity can be prevented by regulating retinal oxygen tension and maintaining it at a normal level, starting at birth and continuing for 3–6 months. A noninvasive retinal oximeter (Hardarson et al. 2006) is essential for this purpose.

How can Retinopathy of Prematurity be prevented?

What is the name of the patient with retinopathy of prematurity?

What is the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity?

The standard treatment for advanced ROP , laser therapy burns away the area around the edge of the retina, which has no normal blood vessels. This procedure typically saves sight in the main part of the visual field, but at the cost of side (peripheral) vision.

Is ROP a rare disease?

A rare retinal vasoproliferative disease affecting preterm infants characterized initially by a delay in physiologic retinal vascular development and compromised physiologic vascularity, and subsequently by aberrant angiogenesis in the form of intravitreal neovascularization.

How does oxygen therapy cause retinopathy of prematurity?

Oxygen also induces aberrant physiologic responses that can be damaging in premature infants. For example, vasoconstriction in the retina is an early response to oxygen that can lead to vasoobliteration, neovascularization, and retinal traction (retinopathy of prematurity).