Cost of screening and timely treatment versus the comprehensive management of the severe visual impairment due to retinopathy of premature.

Unlabelled: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide. In Guatemala, a large number of premature infants are born in hospitals outside the capital city and present for evaluation at advanced stages of the disease.

Objective: To compare the cost of screening and timely treatment versus the total cost of comprehensive management of patients with visual impairment secondary to ROP.

[Characterization of congenital cataract and postoperative visual outcome in a Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit in a middle-income country].

Unlabelled: The functional visual outcome after cataract surgery is influenced by several factors such as the age at diagnosis and surgical treatment, as well as visual rehabilitation.

Objective: to characterize con genital cataract patients and assess the postoperative visual outcome in an ophthalmological care center in Guatemala.

Patients And Method: A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Latin American ophthalmology practitioner's perception on current COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose: To assess the perception of Latin American ophthalmology practitioners regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exposure risk, knowledge about personal protection measures, and prioritization of patients.

Methods: Self-administered voluntary anonymous survey (Google Drive forms) was distributed via text message to ophthalmology practitioners from May 01 to May 05, 2020.

Results: Three hundred seventy-one practitioners (45% response rate) comprising 118 (27.