Increase in treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017.
Kasia TrzcionkowskaWouter B H J VehmeijerFrank T KerkhoffNoel J C BauerCarlien A M BennebroekPeter H DijkKoen P DijkmanFrank A M van den DungenCathrien A EgginkRobert P G FeenstraFloris GroenendaalArno F van HeijstMark A H B M van der HoevenRene F KornelisseElke Kraal-BiezenEnrico LoprioreWes OnlandVictor W Renardel de LavaletteLaurentius J van RijnFrank A B A SchuermanHuibert Jan SimonszElsbeth S M Voskuil-KerkhofRuben S G M WitloxJacqueline U M TermoteNicoline E Schalij-DelfosPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)
In period 2, the number of infants treated according to the ETROP criteria (Type 1) increased, the number of ROP treatments, retinal detachments and retreatments doubled and the absolute number of retinal detachments increased. Neonatal data did not provide a decisive explanation, although changes in neonatal policy were reported.