CHICAGO — Timely screening and treatment are key to preventing progression to retinal detachment in retinopathy of prematurity, according to an expert at Retina Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Audina M. Berrocal, MD, presented 30-year retrospective data from the neonatal intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital/Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
“We had a transition, those years, from pediatric ophthalmic screening and treatment to pediatric retina ophthalmic screening and treatment,” Berrocal said.
From Jan. 1, 1990, to June 20, 2019, the