Moshe Snir - research works

B-scan ocular ultrasonography is a noninvasive examination which makes it possible to image the eye and orbit.

ROP was diagnosed by routine ophthalmoscopic exam.

The results of the ophthalmoscopic exam were compared to the orbital ultrasound findings.

From postoperative day 1 to day 28, rates of chemosis decreased from 96% to 9.5% in the lomefloxacin group and from 94% to zero in the chloramphenicol group; rates of hyperemia decreased from 100% to zero in both groups.

Accordingly, rates of a cumulative clinical sign score (CCSS) decreased from 60% to zero in the lomefloxacin group and 50% to zero in the chloramphenicol group.

The group included 100 neonates (194 eyes) with a mean birth weight +/- SD of 833.9 +/- 250.3 g and a mean gestational age +/- SD of 26 +/- 1.9 weeks.

Each eye received a mean +/- SD of 1,740 +/- 990 laser applications, and 21% of eyes received an additional 1 to 2 rows posterior to the ridge.

Neonates treated after December 2003 (cutoff date of the Early Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity study) underwent a significantly greater number of laser applications (mean +/- SD, 2,286 +/- 1,087) than did neonates treated earlier.

Refractive data were available for 134 eyes: 55.2% had myopia of -5 diopters (31.3%) or greater (23.9%).

Three children were treated at the age of 2 years and were unable to perform automated VF tests.

Age was not associated with reliability scores of SITA Fast tests (F = 0.971, not significant [ns]).

Gender did not influence the reliability of SITA Fast VF tests (chi-square((1)) = 0.669, ns), nor did severity of visual outcome (chi-square((2)) = 3.348, ns).

Visual deficits were observed in 55% of patients at presentation and in 27% of patients after resolution of papilledema.