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  • Title: [Acute retinopathy of prematurity following oxygen therapy: current concepts (author's transl)].
    Author: Ryzman P, Hamard H, Mondon H, Lefrançois A, Relier JP, Minkowski A, Moriette G, De Gamarra E, Couturier C, Laguenie G.
    Journal: J Fr Ophtalmol; 1981; 4(8-9):565-70. PubMed ID: 7198662.
    Abstract:
    Five cases of retinopathy of prematurity have been observed among 1,750 premature infants at the Florence Geller Center in Cochin-Port-Royal--C.H.U. over a period of four years. In all cases, arterial PaO2 was more than 100 mmHg at least once. In the two worst cases, oxygen therapy given only during the first had been hours of life. The authors insist on the dangers of oxygen overdose immediately after birth or during transport to a Premature Infants Center. Laser photocoagulation was employed in four eyes: 2 with regression, 1 with cicatrisation, 1 with fibroplasia. Retinopathy of prematurity remains a danger in France, even if it is not as frequent as in the U.S.A. or Japan. Indirect ophthalmoscopy is essential for diagnosis and fluorography very useful to determine prognosis and treatment.
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