Retinopathy of prematurity: are we missing any infant with retinopathy of prematurity?

Aims: To evaluate incidence of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and validity of current ROP screening criteria adopted in the Armed Forces Hospitals.

Methods: A retrospective study of ROP indices was carried out in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit in Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia, from January 2009 to December 2011. All infants who had birth weight (BW) of 1500 g or less and/or gestational age (GA) of 32 weeks or less had their data reviewed for ROP diagnosis and related indices.

Anatomical and functional outcome following primary retinal re-attachment surgery in phakic and pseudophakic rhegmatogenesis retinal detachment.

Background: Rhegmatogenous Retinal detachment (RRD) is relatively unusual in general population: annual incidence is 1:10,000. Objective of this study was to compare the anatomical and functional outcome of primary retinal re-attachment surgery in phakic and pseudophakic eyes.

Methods: A case series comparative study was carried out at Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital, Karachi from July 2008 to June 2009.