AIM:To study the incidence of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy(FEVR)and to discuss the necessity of the screening of ocular diseases for full-term infants.

METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted on 772 full-term infants from January 2014 to August 2015.

RESULTS:Among the 772 infants(1 544 eyes)who were enrolled the screening program,8 cases(15 eyes, 0.97%)developed FEVR, including 2 cases(2 eyes)suffering from stage 1,3 cases(5 eyes)from stage 2 in which 1 patient had an eye at stage 1,2 cases(4 eyes)from stage 3,1case(2 eyes)from stage 4,1 case(2 eyes)from stage 5.

CONCLUSION:FEVR is not uncomon in clinical but severely affected patients suffer from blindness during infancy. Neonatal and infant stage is the key time for the screening of FEVR, early detection and early intervention is the key to get better visual function in patients with FEVR.