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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Diagnosis and Risk Factors in Retinopathy of Prematurity: A Five-Year Single-Center Descriptive Study.

Fatma Sumer, Mehmet Kenan Kanburoglu, Ozgur Altuntas, Fatma Erbatur Uzun, Isil Uslubas, Feyzahan Uzun, Aytac Kanar

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Fatma SumerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4146-8190
Mehmet Kenan KanburogluDepartment of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-6859-6689
Ozgur AltuntasDepartment of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.
Fatma Erbatur UzunDepartment of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.
Isil UslubasDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli 41780, Turkey.
Feyzahan UzunDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-3050-0714
Aytac KanarDepartment of Neonatology, Faculty of Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize 53100, Turkey.

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Abstract

objectiveWe aimed to determine the incidence and screening outcomes of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants managed at a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to identify associated risk factors. MATERIAL AND

methodsMedical records of 454 premature infants who underwent ROP screening between April 2016 and August 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Infants with birth weight (BW) ≤ 1500 g or ≤32 weeks of gestational age and those with BW > 1500 g or GA > 32 weeks who had an unstable clinical course were included. All of them were born in the same center. Demographic characteristics, potential risk factors for ROP, ocular examination findings, and treatment requirement were recorded.

resultsDuring the five-year study period, ROP was observed in 75 (16.6%) of a total of 454 premature infants with a mean gestational age (GA) of 30.19 ± 2.49 weeks and a mean BW of 2025.15 ± 614.46 g in the NICU. Of these patients, 67 (14.8%) had stage I disease and 8 (1.8%) had stage II disease. Advanced-stage ROP was not detected in any of the cases. The median GA of patients diagnosed with ROP was 29 weeks (22-35) and the median BW was 2100 g (500-3750), which were significantly lower than those without ROP (

conclusionsSmall GA and low BW are the main risk factors for the development of ROP. The incidence of ROP was found to be lower than similar studies conducted in our country. While severe ROP cases have been reported in more mature infants in Turkey, our study found no treatment-requiring ROP cases, likely reflecting the higher mean GA and BW characteristics of our cohort.

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birth weightgestational ageretinopathy of prematurityrisk factors

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PMID41010405
PMCPMC12471468

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