Evolution of the visual prognosis of prematures in the last 20 years.
Gerhard J P, Willard D, Messer J·Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie
Ophthalmoscopic examinations were performed on 5678 prematures, born between 1964 and 1984, by the same investigator in the same neonatal care unit. Three periods can be differentiated. In the first period (1964-1970) retinal disorders were frequent (20%), a quarter of them severe (stages 3-5). The inspiratory fraction…