Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: The medical records of consecutive patients with regressed ROP presenting to our institution with late vitreous hemorrhage between 1995 and 2006 were reviewed. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Late vitreous hemorrhage can occur in patients with regressed ROP years after the vascularly active phase of the disease. It likely results from abnormal vitreoretinal traction on otherwise normal retinal vessels or from a normal amount of traction on residual cicatricial tissue. Vitreous hemorrhage may occur in the absence of trauma, retinal tears, retinal detachment, or active neovascularization. With appropriate management, most patients maintained their baseline vision.
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Authors | Adrienne Ruth, Amy K Hutchinson, G Baker Hubbard |
Journal | Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
(J AAPOS)
Vol. 12
Issue 2
Pg. 181-5
(Apr 2008)
ISSN: 1528-3933 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18083589
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Age Distribution
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Medical Records
- Prognosis
- Retinal Detachment
(epidemiology)
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
(classification, complications, surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Vision Disorders
(etiology)
- Vitrectomy
- Vitreous Hemorrhage
(etiology, surgery)
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