ABSENCE OF FOVEAL DEPRESSION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH REFRACTIVE STATUS AND STRABISMUS IN CHILDREN WITH HISTORY OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY

Year 2023, Volume: 86 Issue: 3, 204 - 210, 26.10.2023

Nihan Aksu Ceylan , Merve Bahar , Kemal Turgay Özbilen , Zafer Cebeci , Mehmet Eren Guner , Nur Kır

https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1254425

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the foveal depression (FD) status on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its relationship with strabismus, amblyopia and refractive errors in children with a history of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).
Material and Method: Medical records were reviewed for demographic data, ocular and medical history, systemic disorders, ophthalmologic and OCT findings. Patients were categorized into two groups according to foveal depression status on OCT: absence of FD (Non-FD Group) and presence of FD (FD Group). Demographic data, refractive errors (RE), strabismus, amblyopia and anisometropia were compared between the groups.
Result: Mean age of the patients was 11.1±2.7 years in the Non-FD group and 10.1±2.9 years in the FD group (p=0.136). Mean gestastional age (GA) at birth and birth weight (BW) of the Non-FD group (28.8±2.7 weeks, 1269.1±455.5 grams) were significantly lower than those of the FD group (30.8±2.1weeks, 1530.8±415.2 grams) (p=0.002 and p=0.02, respectively). Although there was no significant difference between the groups in the mean spherical equivalent (SE) RE (-1.19± 4.86D in the Non-FD group and 0.77±4.08D in the FD group, p=0.09), the distribution of SE refractive errors was significantly different (p=0.001). 54.5% of patients in the Non-FD group had myopia and 72% of the patients in the FD group had hypermetropia. Mild myopia was significantly more in the Non-FD group and mild hypermetropia was significantly more in the FD group (p<0.05 for both). Astigmatism equal or greater than 1.50D was detected in 56.5% of the Non-FD group and 36% of the FD group (p>0.05). There was no significant difference between the groups in the incidence of strabismus, amblyopia and anisometropia (p>0.05).
Conclusion: We detected lower GA and BW in the Non-FD group than those of the FD group. Myopia is more prevalent in patients with a history of ROP and absence of FD than in those with a normal foveal structure.

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Retinopathy of prematurity, optical coherence tomography, myopia, astigmatism, strabismus

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PREMATÜRE RETİNOPATİSİ ÖYKÜSÜ OLAN ÇOCUKLARDA FOVEAL DEPRESYON YOKLUĞUNUN REFRAKTİF KUSURLAR VE ŞAŞILIK İLE İLİŞKİSİ

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Amaç: Prematüre retinopatisi (ROP) öyküsü olan çocuklarda optik koherens tomografide (OKT) foveal depresyon (FD) durumunu ve şaşılık, ambliyopi ve refraktif kusurlar ile ilişkisini değerlendirmek.
Gereç ve Yöntem: ROP öyküsü olan hastaların klinik kayıtlarından; demografik veriler, oküler ve medikal öykü, sistemik hastalıklar, oftalmolojik ve OKT bulguları incelendi. Hastalar OKT’de FD durumuna göre iki gruba ayrıldı: FD yokluğu (Non-FD Grup) ve FD varlığı (FD Grup). Demografik veriler, refraktif kusurlar, şaşılık, ambliyopi ve anizometropi iki grup arasında kaşılaştırıldı.
Bulgular: Hastaların ortalama yaşı; Non-FD grupta 11,1±2,7 yıl, FD grupta 10,1±2,9 yıl idi (p=0,136). Ortalama doğum haftası (DH) ve doğum ağırlığı (DA) Non-FD grupta (28,8±2,7 hafta, 1269,1±455,5 gram) FD gruba göre (30,8±2,1 hafta,1530,8±415,2 gram) anlamlı olarak daha düşüktü (p=0,002, p=0,02). Ortalama sferik ekivalan (SE) refraktif kusurlar gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılık göstermemekle birlikte (Non-FD grupta -1,19±4,86D, FD grupta 0,77±4,08D, p=0,09), SE refraktif kusurların dağılımı anlamlı olarak farklıydı (p=0,001). Non-FD grubun %54,5’inde miyopi, FD grubun %72’sinde hipermetropi mevcuttu. Hafif miyopi Non-FD grupta, hafif hipermetropi FD grupta daha fazla saptandı (p<0,05). Non-FD grubun %56,5’inde, FD grubun %36’sında 1,50D ve üzeri astigmatizma mevcuttu (p>0,05). Şaşılık, ambliyopi ve anizometropi insidasında gruplar arasında anlamlı fark saptanmadı (p>0,05).
Sonuç: FD yokluğu olan hastalarda daha düşük doğum haftası ve doğum ağırlığı saptanmıştır. ROP öyküsü olan hastalarda FD yokluğu eşlik etmesi durumunda, normal foveal yapı gösterenlere göre daha sık miyopi izlenmiştir.

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Prematüre retinopatisi, optik koherens tomografi, şaşılık, refraktif bozukluk

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