[Problems in surgical treatment of the cicatricial stage of retinopathy of prematurity].

Fifty-one children with stage V retinopathy neonatorum on 2 eyes were operated on. The author emphasizes numerous changes in the children and the importance of thoroughly examining the lungs, heart, liver, and particularly central nervous system by neurosonography. Retinopathy neonatorum is associated with characteristic signs of dysgenesis in all ocular tissues, and therefore the term "ophthalmopathy neonatorum" is proposed, better describing this condition. Surgical treatment of stage V retinopathy neonatorum is recommended in cases with bilateral process. The operation helps attain a normal ratio in the anterior segment tissues in 97% cases, transparent media in 70%, partial or complete adhesion of the retina in 38% cases. Visual functions improved in every 6th-7th child (in 14.3%).