Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Albert, Canada
Research Article
A Dissimilarity on Examination amongst Twins for Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening: An Observation
Author(s): Battiston Adrian* and Carell Nathan
Background: Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disease of retina in premature babies. The development of ROP occurs due to several risk factors like prematurity, low Birth Weight (BW) and systemic derangements like respiratory distress, anaemia, sepsis, cholestasis, ABO incompatibility and treatments such as phototherapy and multiple blood transfusions. Aim: To understand the cause of asymmetric ROP in twins. Material and methods: We reviewed the records of 13 pairs of twins with ROP diagnosed at our centre retrospectively. We surveyed the pairs for risk factors that must have led to the disease. Results: An observation of 13 pairs of twins having ROP showed the average GA was 29.69 weeks and average BW was 1282.692 gm. In 2 pairs of twins, ROP was symmetric in both eyes with respect to zone and staging. Of these 2 pairs of twins with symmetric ROP, treatment was .. View More»