[No increase of incidence of retinopathy of prematurity and improvement of its outcome in a university perinatal centre level III - a prospective observational study from 1978 to 2007].

Background: There is a controversy over whether the improved survival rate of extremely low birth weight (ELBW; birth weight < 1000 g) and of extremely low gestational age (ELGA; gestational age < 28 weeks) infants has resulted in a higher incidence of severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and induced blindness. We studied the incidence, treatment and the structural outcome of ROP in a Perinatal Centre Level III over a 30-year period in infants < 1500 g birth weight (VLBW = very low birth weight).

Patients And Methods: 1473 VLBW infants, who survived the first 28 days, had ocular examinations from 1978 to 2007.

Complications after flexor tendon injuries.

Management of flexor tendon injuries is one of the most demanding tasks in hand surgery. Despite substantial improvements in surgical technique and postoperative rehabilitation protocols, functional outcomes may still be somewhat unreliable. In the present article, the authors present complications encountered after flexor tendon repair and provide their preferred methods of prevention and treatment.

A comparison of two mortality risk scores for very low birthweight infants: clinical risk index for babies and Berlin score.

Objective: To compare the performance of two mortality risk scores for very low birthweight (VLBW) infants.

Design And Setting: Cohort study in two university-associated neonatal tertiary care units.

Patients: .

Management of spontaneous congenital chylothorax: oral medium-chain triglycerides versus total parenteral nutrition.

The aim of this article is to compare total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with oral medium-chain triglycerides-diets (MCT) in the management of spontaneous congenital chylothorax. We analyzed retrospectively the charts of 6 patients seen in our tertiary care center and of 11 comparable patients from the literature. All neonates were symptomatic at birth; 15 had bilateral chylothorax.