[The ophthalmological follow up of the premature infant must go on after the neonatal period].
Premature infants with very low birth weight (VLBW: < 1251 g) and/or gestational age lower than 32 weeks are at high risk of ocular abnormalities. Retinopathy is a well known complication of the neonatal period, but many abnormalities occur beyond the neonatal period, and must be carefully screened for years, mainly: cicatricial retinopathy, myopia, strabismus, glaucoma, retinal detachment and various functional visual impairments. Guidelines for the postneonatal screening of these abnormalities are given.
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Service d'ophtalmologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgique.
D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
Le suivi ophtalmologique du prématuré ne se limite pas à la période néonatale.