A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HORIZONTAL CORNEAL DIAMETER IN PREMATURE AND FULL-TERM INFANTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Glaucoma, Gestational age, Horizontal corneal diameter, matures infants, premature.Abstract
Background: To compare horizontal corneal diameter RIN premature and mature infants.
Methods: A prospective cross sectional study was conducted on 122 eyes from 61 infants both
premature and mature newborn babies born during the period from May 2021 to October 2021
with a gestational age between 28 weeks to 38 weeks and birth weight ranging from 1100grms
to 4500 grms. Results: Corneal diameter was highly associated (p < 0.001) with gestational
age and birth weight. The corneal diameter was measured in 61 healthy infants 33 premature
and 28 mature healthy infants with gestational ages ranging from 28 to 38 weeks, mean
gestational age weeks 33.3± SD 2.98, the mean weight in Kilograms 2.26 ± SD 1.54 and mean
horizontal corneal diameter in millimeter was 9.57 ± S D 0.84. The corneal diameter ranged
from 8mm to10.5 mm.
