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Medicina
Croatian Medical Association - Rijeka branch
ISSN: 0025-7729
Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 81-90
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Bioline Code: me05011
Full paper language: Croatian
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Medicina, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 81-90
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HIGH-RISK EYE DISEASE IN THE NEONATAL AGE
Aldo Valković, Ivana Valković Antić
Abstract
In clinical practice, rare congenital and co-natal eye diseases in newborns
require special attention of the ophthalmologist and the neonatologist
because of the possible deleterious functional consequences if
not recognized and treated on time. Presented are three congenital eye
diseases: retinopathy of prematurity, congenital cataract and congenital
glaucoma in which surgical treatment is generally successful if performed
early, up to the first year of the newborns' life. The pathophysiological
development mechanisms, the clinical picture and treatment
methods of congenital eye diseases are described. Late treatment
represents a risk of developing impaired vision and blindness with all
the sociomedical consequences of a handicapped child, with regard to
intellectual development, education, socialization and integration into
the work-effective population.
Keywords
retinopathy of prematurity, congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma
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