Dr.Pushkar Dhir

Dr.Ronel Soibam, Dr.CHINTAN DESAI

Abstract

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was originally termed as retrolental fibroplasias by Terry in 1952 who related it with premature birth.[1] Heath was the first one to coin the term ROP in 1951.[2] ROP is disorder of vascularisation of retina especially in premature babies.Normal retinal vascularisation reaches nasal ora by 32-34 weeks and temporal retina by 10 months of gestation (39-41 weeks). Adult vasculature is attained by 5 months of age after birth.[3] Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disease related to low birth weight, prematurity, oxygen administration, and other unidentified factors. Improved neonatal survival rate has lead to increase in ROP cases. Currently, India is going through the third epidemic of ROP, also called as the ‘Modern epidemic’ with incidence of ROP varying from 38% to 51.9% among low birth weight babies (< 2000grams).[4] . We report 3 cases of ROP highlighting the importance of time and mode of intervention. [advanced_iframe src="https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=https://aiosproceedings.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/2021/E-Poster/" width="100%" height="608"]