Surgical solution for Retinopathy of Prematurity

Client: University of Illinois Hospital

This handout depicts the progression and surgical treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). The audience for the illustration is parents of patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Illinois Hospital. ROP involves lifting and detachment of the retina, and is hard to explain in a flat microscopic image. To solve this, an eye is represented in a quater view and shows the progression of the symptom from top to bottom. Cut out sections of the eye focuses on how the retinal detachments occurs, and how it can be solved. To enhance the understanding that ROP is specific to premature infants, an illustration of a baby is included.

• Date: May 2016
• Audience: Parents of patients at NICU

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