Perinatal risk factors for development of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disorder that is one of the main preventable causes of blindness among preterm neonates. This study aimed to determine the incidence of ROP and investigate the relationship between perinatal risk factors and ROP development.

Methods: This retrospective, non-interventional, non-comparative, hospital-based study was conducted at a tertiary-level neonatal intensive care unit.