Publications by authors named "B E Damato"
Background: To reveal clinical findings related to metastatic conjunctival melanoma.
Methods: 10 ophthalmic oncology centres (9 countries and 4 continents) shared data to create a large clinical case series. The main outcome measures were the incidence and cumulative risk of systemic metastasis, study mortality rates and Kaplan-Meier patient mortality after developing conjunctival melanoma metastasis.
Background: Differentiating neoplastic and non-neoplastic uveal tumours can present a diagnostic challenge; intra-ocular biopsy may be necessary. The novel trans-scleral Essen Forceps biopsy (TSEB) technique can improve diagnostic yield compared to fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). We present a case demonstrating the technique and its added value.
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- Uveal melanoma treatment has changed from removing the eye to less invasive methods, but complications can still happen after these treatments.
- A team of experts reviewed research on how to use special eye surgery to fix problems caused by uveal melanoma.
- Better tools and techniques in eye surgery now help doctors manage and prevent complications like bleeding and other serious issues.
Objective: To describe the development of a web-based data collection tool to track the management and outcomes of uveal melanoma patients.
Design: Description of a clinical registry.
Participants: Patients with uveal melanoma.
Background: We estimated metastatic-death risk when the treatment of small choroidal melanomas is deferred until growth is observed.
Methods: In 24 patients with choroidal melanoma (median diameter 5.85 mm), the exponential growth rate estimated by a mixed-effects model was 4.