Publications by authors named "Alessandro Guido Actis"

After COVID-19 pandemia we have to think how to rebuild our national health care system. Balance between health measures and social consequences, reformulation of the chain of command during emergency, clear guidelines for territorial medicine, census of health system are initial points of debate to carry on.

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Purpose: To evaluate the morphology of optic discs in eyes suffering from retinal vein occlusion (RVO) alone or in combination with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: Prospective, observational study. 48 consecutive patients were enrolled, 30 with unilateral RVO diagnosis, 18 with unilateral retinal vein occlusion (RVO) associated with POAG.

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Purpose: This retrospective study reviews a group of patients with retinal breaks or retinal detachment following ocular trauma.

Methods: A total of 94 patients were included in the study. They underwent closed globe injuries causing multiple retinal breaks or retinal detachment at time of presentation in the emergency department.

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Purpose: To describe a reconstructive technique of the superior eyelid with flaps and free grafts after excision of a basal cell carcinoma.

Methods: Single case report of a 79-year-old woman who presented to our hospital with a basal cell carcinoma of the upper eyelid margin with initial erosion.

Results: A large and full-thickness excision of the carcinoma was performed.

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