| Autor: |
Bagdonienė, Rasa, Sirtautienė, Rasa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2006 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta medica Lituanica, ISSN 1392-0138, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 179-183 |
| Popis: |
Background: Many intraocular vessels are transitory and disappear by birth. In this report we analyse the importance of tunica vasculosa lentis (TVL) in treatment outcome of threshold ROP. Materials and methods: The study was performed at Vilnius University Children’s Hospital (VUCH) between July 1, 1997 and May 1, 2006. All consecutive and otherwise unselected infants who reached threshold ROP and underwent treatment were included into the study cohort, comprising 261 babies. Tunica vasculosa lentis of various grades (1–4) was found bilaterally in 94 infants (188 eyes). This group was labeled TVL(+) group. The rest of investigated infants (167) formed the TVL(–) group (331 eyes). Results: Cryo or laser / cryotherapy was applied on 518 eyes (261 infants) with threshold ROP. Treatment was applied once in 449 eyes. 160/187 eyes of the TVL(+) group and 289/331 eyes of the TVL(–) group underwent one treatment session. Treatment was carried out twice in 27 eyes with TVL and in 38 eyes without TVL. Three times were treated 4 eyes, all in the TVL(–) group. Tunica vasculosa lentis disappeared in 151 eyes after the first session of therapy. Treatment was successful in all these eyes. The total number of failures – 30 eyes: 19 / 187 eyes (10 children) in the TVL(+) group and 11/331 eyes (8 children) in the TVL(–) group. All failed eyes belonged to Zone. |
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