Myopia in Adult with Retinopathy of Prematurity Original Reearch Article

Purpoe To evaluate myopia in adult with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Deign Obervational cae erie. Method Axial length (AL), corneal radiu (CR), and AL/CR ratio were meaured in myopic adult with ROP uing ultraound A-can biometry and keratometry, repectively. Reult Twenty-five eye of 18 patient (mean age, 48 year) were tudied. Mean getational age at birth wa 29 week. The average refraction wa −5.23 diopter, AL 24.43 mm, CR 7.45 mm, and AL/CR ratio 3.28. On average, myopic adult with ROP had a horter AL and decreaed CR (increaed corneal curvature), but a imilar AL/CR ratio, relative to adult with the ame degree of myopia who were born full-term. Myopic adult with ROP alo had increaed len thickne (LT) and hallow anterior chamber depth (ACD). Concluion Myopic adult with ROP had a horter AL and maller CR than expected for their degree of myopia. However, AL/CR ratio for thee patient were imilar to the value of adult who were born full-term. Thee reult ugget that the refractive element mot reponible for myopia in adult with ROP i higher corneal curvature (decreaed CR), wherea the predominant factor in adult myopic individual who were born full-term i increaed AL. We believe that increaed LT and hallow ACD make a leer contribution to myopia in adult with ROP.