[Typical difficulties of neonatologists and ophthalmologists in the treatment of infants with retinopathy of prematurity].

A perinatally, somatically, and neurologically aggravated child born at 26 weeks weighing 860 g with preterm neuropathy is described. Typical difficulties of neonatologists and pediatric ophthalmologists in the treatment of preterm babies with this grave ocular disease are described: the diagnosis cannot be confirmed by ophthalmoscopy because the optic media are not transparent, cryo- or surgical treatment has to be delayed because of severe somatic and neurological status, and intra- and postoperative complications develop despite thorough preoperative preparation.