ASSISTED CONCEPTION AND RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY

This study was performed to assess the workload imposed by treatment f or infertility on a retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening program me. We reviewed the records of all babies born between August 1991 and December 1994 as a result of treatment in the Assisted Conception Uni t of this hospital, and of all babies screened for ROP over the same p eriod, Of the babies born after assisted conception treatment, 20% ful filled the ROP screening criteria, ROP of any stage was present in 23% of all the assisted conception babies screened, This group also accou nted for a large proportion of those reaching stage 3 disease and of t hose requiring treatment.