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II. The Classification of Retinal Detachment

The International Committee for the Classification of the Late Stages of Retinopathy of Prematurity; Thomas Aaberg, MD; Isaac Ben-Sira, MD; Steve Charles, MD; John Clarkson, MD; Ben Zane Cohen, MD; John Flynn, MD; Robert Foos, MD; Alec Garner, MD, PhD; Tatsuo Hirose, MD; Fritz Koerner, MD; Robert Machemer, MD; Akio Majima, MD; Andrew McCormick, MD; Alice McPherson, MD; Helge Paulmann, MD; Graham Quinn, MD; Joseph Robertson, MD; Yasuhiko Tanaka, MD; William Tasman, MD; Trexler Topping, MD; Michael Trese, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1987;105(7):906-912.

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The purpose of this article is to complete the classification of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) begun with the publication of the recent article on the subject entitled, "An International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity" (ICROP).^1-3 The previously published classification embodied three major concepts for the description of the early phases of the disease: specifying its location by zones of retinal involvement; recording the extent of retinal involvement by clock hours; and, finally, staging the disease according to the degree of vascular lesions observed (stages 1 through 4). That article specified posterior dilatation and tortuosity of retinal vessels as ominous prognostic signs. The committee that authored it left unclassified the sequelae that encompass the cicatricial phase of the disease. It recommended the use of the Reese classification⁴ until a more satisfactory one could be developed.

The reasons for completing the classification of the end stages of ROP at this . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
United States; Israel; United States; United States; United States; United States; United States; Great Britain; United States; Switzerland; United States; Japan; Canada; United States; West Germany; United States; United States; Japan; United States; United States; United States

From the International Committee for the Classification of the Late Stages of Retinopathy of Prematurity. A complete list of committee members is given at the end of this article.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 19, 1987.

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