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Title: | Refractive errors in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF) therapy | Authors: | Vujanović M. Stanković-Babić G. Oros, Ana Zlatanović G. Jovanović P. Cekić S. Tomašević B. Djordjević-Jocić J. |
Issue Date: | 1-Apr-2017 | Journal: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled | Abstract: | © 2017, Institut za Vojnomedicinske Naucne Informacije/Documentaciju. All rights reserved. Background/Aim. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative retinopathy which affects the blood vessels of the retina during its development. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and the degree of refractive errors in premature infants with severe ROP treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) (bevacizumab). Methods. This prospective study included 21 patients (42 eyes) nine months old who received intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF therapy. The control group consisted of 45 patients (90 eyes) who were subjected to laser treatment. In cycloplegia each patient underwent retinoscopy, keratorefractometry, and A-scan ultrasonography. Results. Myopia was present in 47.62% of the eyes in the study group and in 33.33% of the eyes in the control group, but there were no statistically significant differences between these groups. Seven (16.67%) eyes in the study group and 17 (18.89%) eyes in the control group were discovered to have high myopia (SE–spherical equivalents < -3.0 D – dioptre). Clinically significant hypermetropia was higher in the study group (47.62%) than in the control group (34.44%), but with no statistically significant difference. In addition, high hypermetropia was significantly greater in the control group (15.56%) than in the study group (11.90%) (p < 0.001). Astigmatism was more common in the control group than in the study group (81.11% vs 71.43%, respectively), especially high astigmatism (56% vs 43%, respectively). Also the more common form of astigmatism was with the rule (WTR) both in the study and the control group (42.86% vs 55.56%, respectively). Anisometropia was significantly greater in the control group (24.44%) than in the study group (9.52%) (p < 0.05). The children from the study group had significantly greater lens thickness, and a shorter anterior chamber depth than children from the control group (p < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the axial length of the eye between the groups. Conclusion. At the 9-month follow-up myopia was present in the patients with severe ROP treated with anti-VEGF, but high myopia was present to a lesser degree than in the laser treated patients. This difference is possibly related to anterior segment development. Research into the longer-term refractive outcomes is necessary with observation of the biometric components, visual acuity, and the visual field in order to monitor the real effects of this therapy. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3313 | ISSN: | 00428450 | DOI: | 10.2298/VSP150831191V |
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