China News Service, Hefei, April 27 (Pei Chenlu, Wu Xiaozhen, and Wu Lan) The first green channel for the treatment of neonatal fundus diseases in Anhui Province was recently opened at the Neonatal Eye Disease Screening Center of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. .

Neonatal fundus disease surgery is in progress. Photo by Wu Xiaozhen

  It is reported that the center's green channel can be used to consult children with neonatal fundus diseases at any time in Anhui Province and in surrounding provinces and cities. Gong Jianyang, the leader of the Department of Ophthalmology of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anyi Medical University and the head of the Newborn Eye Screening Center, has been engaged in the screening and treatment of neonatal fundus diseases for more than ten years. .

  According to Gong Jianyang, there are many neonatal fundus diseases, including retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), neonatal fundus hemorrhage, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, and retinoblastoma. Neonatal fundus lesions should be detected and treated early. If there is a delay, the vision will be damaged, and the blindness will be caused.

Newborn fundus examination is in progress. Photo by Wu Xiaozhen

  Performing surgery on the tiny eyeballs of newborn babies not only fixes the baby's eyeballs to avoid damaging the lens and retina, but also performs general anesthesia on the baby. This requires not only the master doctor's superb skills, but also ophthalmology and newborns. The tacit cooperation of doctors in multiple departments such as pediatrics and anesthesiology.