• Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou 450053, China;
SunXiantao, Email: sunxt38019896@163.com
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Objective To investigate the efficacy of laser photocoagulation and intravitreal ranibizumab treatment of retinopathy of premature(ROP). Methods This study included 49 ROP infants (96 eyes), including type 1 pre-threshold ROP (7 infants, 14 eyes), threshold ROP (38 infants, 44 eyes) and aggressive posterior ROP (AP-ROP, 4 infants, 8 eyes). According to the treatments received, all patients were divided into laser photocoagulation (LP) group (40 infants, 78 eyes) and intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) treatment group (9 infants, 18 eyes). Generally, zoneⅡand stage 3 ROP with clear refractive media received laser photocoagulation, zoneⅠROP and AP-ROP, or eyes with unclear refractive media or infants with poor general condition received IVR. The infant gestational age, birth weight, corrected gestational age at first treatment and the cure rate of the first treatment were analyzed between the two groups, and between three disease types (type 1 pre-threshold, threshold and AP-ROP). Results The gestational age and birth weight was no difference between the LP group and IVR group (t=0.827, 1.911; P > 0.05). The corrected gestational age at first treatment of LP group was significantly smaller than that in the IVR group (t=3.041, P < 0.05). In the LP group, 75 of 78 eyes (96.15%) was cured by the first treatment, 3 of 78 eyes (3.85%) progressed to stage 4A after the first treatment and was controlled by vitrectomy. In the IVR group, 8 of 18 eyes (44.44%) was cured by the first treatment, 10 of 18 eyes (55.56%) progressed to next stage after the first treatment and was controlled by additional laser photocoagulation or repeated IVR. The gestational age and birth weight was no difference between type 1 pre-threshold, threshold and AP-ROP infants (t=2.071, 0.664; P > 0.05). The corrected gestational age at first treatment of type 1 pre-threshold infants was the same of the threshold lesion infants (t=2.054, P > 0.05). The corrected gestational age at first treatment of AP-ROP infants was significantly smaller than that of type 1 pre-threshold and threshold lesion infants (t=3.250, P < 0.05). The cure rate was statistically significant (χ2=24.787, P < 0.05) between there three ROP lesions. Conclusion IVR treatment is suitable for zoneⅠlesions, AP-ROP and Plus lesions, while laser photocoagulation is appropriate for zoneⅡlesions with fibrosis and less vascular proliferation.

Citation: SunXiantao, SunShuang, WangHui. The efficacy of laser photocoagulation and intravitreal ranibizumab treatment of retinopathy of premature. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2015, 31(1): 14-17. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.01.005 Copy

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