Znaczenie prognostyczne kształtu linii demarkacyjnej i wału w przebiegu klinicznym fazy czynnej retinopatii wcześniaków

Introduction
We planed out a comparison of clinic significance between eyes with acute ROP with ,,bays" and ROP without ,,bays". Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a main reason of blindness in premature babies. There are no studies about shape of demarcation line and ridge in acute retinopathy of prematurity and its influence for clinical significance of ROP. In 11,42% of eyes with acute ROP we observed irregularities of demarcation line and ridge, which we called ,,bays".

Material and methods
We observed 140 premature babies (280 eyes) with acute ROP. In 32 eyes (11,42%) we stated ,,bays". We compared progression to stage ROP3c between group I (eyes with acute ROP and ,,bays") and group II (eyes with ROP without ,,bays).

Results
In 87,5% eyes with ,,bays" we observed progression to stage 3 c retinopathy of prematurity. In group without ,,bays" progression to stage 3c was observed only in 33,47%.

Conclusions
We suppose, that presence of ,,bays" of demarcation line and ridge brings about worse prognosis at the course of acute retinopathy of prematurity.