Purpose. To examine the macular findings obtained with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) in infants with\nretinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Materials and Methods. The macular SD OCT images of 190 premature infants were analyzed.\nData regarding central foveal thickness (CFT), cystoid macular edema (CME), and cyst grading were compared. The relationships\nof CFT with gestational age and birth weight were investigated. Results. The results were obtained from 358 eyes of 179 infants (81\nfemales and 98 males) of a mean gestational age of 30.9 �± 2.7 weeks and a mean birth weight of 1609 �± 477 g. ROP was diagnosed\nin 126 eyes and CME in 139 eyes. A significantly greater percentage of eyes with ROP were found to have CME (54%) compared to\neyes without ROP (31%; ???? = 0.001). The incidence of CME was 46.3% for stage 1 ROP, 57.1% for stage 2, and 87.5% for stage 3. There\nwas a weakly inverse correlation between CFT, gestational age, and birth weight (???? = 0.025, ???? = ?0.227; ???? = 0.002, ???? = ?0.182,\nresp., Spearman correlation test). Conclusions.High-quality SDOCT images can be obtained frompremature infants using the iVue\nsystem. Severity and frequency of CME in premature infants increase as stage of ROP increases.
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