Ultrasonographic findings in eyes with retinal detachments secondary to retinopathy of prematurity.

Purpose: To describe ultrasonographic findings of stages 4 and 5 retinopathy of prematurity. Patients and Methods: Ocular ultrasonography was performed using a 10-MHz transducer. Forty-four patients (88 eyes) with stages 4 and 5 retinopathy of prematurity were evaluated. Twenty-five patients were female. The mean age was 8.4 months (standard deviation, ± 4.9). Results: Retinal detachment configurations were as follows: 31% closed posterior and open anterior, 19% closed posterior and anterior, 14% open posterior and anterior, and 14% open posterior and closed anterior. Additional findings included vitreous opacities (14%), proliferative vitreoretinopathy (22%), subretinal opacities (24%), choroidal thickening (18%), and reduced axial diameter (75%). Conclusions: Ultrasonographic evaluation in eyes with advanced retinopathy of prematurity guides surgical indication, management, and visual prognosis.