[Functional results in children with retinopathy of prematurity stage 4 and 5].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the structural and functional results in children with retinopathy of prematurity stage 4 and 5.


METHODS
91 children with ROP stage 4 and 5 were observed by the authors in years 1990-1998. In all patients the clinical course of the disease, visual acuity and binocular vision were examined during follow-up.


RESULTS
Most patients with ROP stage 4 and 5 are blind or practically blind, even the children in whom only stage 4a was diagnosed.


CONCLUSIONS
Prognosis for vision in children with ROP stage 4 and 5 is poor and all methods of surgical treatment of retinal detachment should be performed in these children to safeguard some kind of useful vision in some patients.
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Kliniki Okulistyki Instytutu Pomnik-Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka w Warszawie.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology