The incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care center in Turkey

Abstract

The objective of our study was to determine the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in our hospital, which gives tertiary health services. Methods: In this retrospective study, the medical files of the infants, who were born before the 36th gestational age and applied for the examination of ROP between 2014 and 2017 to Istanbul Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, were investigated. The birth weight, gestational age, type of delivery, and the development of ROP were recorded. Results: The mean gestational age and mean birth weight of 2913 infants, who were screened for ROP, were 32.3±2.9 (22-36) weeks and 1846±580 g (360-4300), respectively. 48.7% of the patients were females and 51.3% were males. 32.4% of the patients had ROP at any stage. 8.8% of the infants had severe ROP and were treated accordingly. The mean gestational age and the mean gestational weight of the infants in this group were 28.0±2.6 weeks (22-35) and 1171.9±417.5 g (360-2500), respectively. The mean birth weight was lower in the severe ROP group compared to the group with no ROP development. 28 infants (0.9%) with birth weight over 2500 g (2502-3740) had only mild ROP and improved spontaneously. Conclusion: As it was determined that the mean gestational age and weight were lower in infants with ROP than the infants with no ROP development, so the importance of the low birth weight and the gestational age was confirmed as risk factors for ROP development.

Retinopathy of prematurity: prevalence and severity at maternity and children hospital in Najaf province ,Iraq

“…Ekinic et al found the incidence of ROP was 32.4% at tertiary center in Turkey. 20 This finding reflect the risk of ROP incidence at higher gestational age with the subsequent need to widen current screening criteria to include premature infant with gestational age equal or less than 34 week.…”

“…This result was consistent with that of Ekinci et al with sever ROP incidence of 8.8%. 20,34,35 Limitations of this study :the relatively small sample size, short duration of study and loss of follow up due to death of very low birth weight infants which had an effect on the final result.…”