Recent Advances in Retinopathy of Prematurity

Dear Colleagues,

Advances in the care of the premature neonate have led to increasing rates of survival in this high-risk population. In order to achieve improved survival, many of these neonates worldwide have experienced aggressive ventilator support as well as nutritional perturbations. The neonates that previously would have succumbed are now surviving with complications of prematurity, including retinopathy of prematurity. Recent changes in the categorization of retinopathy of prematurity, screening criteria for retinopathy of prematurity, treatment with laser photocoagulation, intravitreal injections of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF), and vitreoretinal surgery for advanced retinopathy of prematurity have helped to monitor and salvage the vision of these neonates.

In this Special Issue, we aim to provide clinicians with updated information on the epidemiology of retinopathy of prematurity, strategies to decrease its incidence and severity, current screening criteria, and methods of treating retinopathy of prematurity when it threatens vision. We invite you to share your expertise with medical professionals who care for premature neonates.

Dr. Marilyn Fisher
Dr. Lauren Tomlinson
Guest Editors

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• retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
• vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)
• vitreoretinal
• childhood blindness
• retinal vascularization
• laser photocoagulation
• vitrectomy
• postnatal growth
• retina
• retinal screening
• prematurity