A higher incidence of glaucoma was associated with lens-sparing vitrectomy in patients with more severe retinopathy of prematurity, according to a study.
A retrospective case series examined the medical records of 270 patients with advanced retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) who underwent lens-sparing vitrectomy. The study included a total of 401 eyes in stage 4A, 4B and 5 ROP.
Glaucoma was identified in 40 eyes (10%) during the follow-up period (mean 3.06 years), with greater incidence correlated with greater severity of ROP.
Patients with stage 4A ROP had a 6.9% (17 of 247) incidence of
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