Daniela Ricci, Simona Lucibello, Lorenzo Orazi, Francesca Gallini, Susanna Staccioli, Francesca Serrao, Giorgia Olivieri, Michela Quintiliani, Serena Sivo, Valeria Rossi, Daniela Leone, Gloria Ferrantini, Domenico M Romeo, Simonetta Frezza, Giulia Maria Amorelli, Fernando Molle, Giovanni Vento, Domenico Lepore, Eugenio Mercuri
BACKGROUND: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is often associated with visual impairment and multiple developmental disabilities. AIMS: As most of the previous studies include infants with brain lesions, that can determine visual impairment per se, a cohort of low neurological risk preterm infants without ROP and with various degree of severity of ROP was assessed in order to establish visual and neurodevelopmental outcome. STUDY DESIGN: Preterm infants born at <31 weeks gestation, without major brain lesions, underwent visual function assessment at 1 year corrected age and neurodevelopmental assessment at 2 years corrected age...
September 2020: Early Human Development