Vitreous findings may play future role in ROP screening

SAN DIEGO — Hyperreflective vitreous opacities seen on hand-held OCT are strongly correlated with the presence of retinopathy of prematurity, worsening ROP stage and plus disease, according to a study.
“This is important because their presence could be a marker for advanced ROP and allow us to develop a noninvasive screening tool for ROP someday,” Emily M. Zepeda, MD, said at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting.
Zepeda and colleagues at University of Washington, Seattle, undertook a prospective observational study to characterize

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