Publications by authors named "Carla Monteleone"

Aims: The aim was to compare the efficacy of intravitreal therapy with bevacizumab and ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in pathologic myopia (PM).

Methods: This was a prospective multicenter randomized nonblinded trial.

Results: In seven centers, 78 eyes were randomized 1:1 to treatment with bevacizumab (group B, 40 eyes) or ranibizumab (group R, 38 eyes) given with an "on demand" regimen (PRN).

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Aim: To assess the efficacy and safety of ranibizumab in the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) caused by pathologic myopia (PM).

Design: Prospective, multicentre, interventional case series.

Methods: 40 eyes of 39 consecutive patients with PM and CNV were treated with 'on demand' intravitreal injection of ranibizumab 0.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the visual outcome of intravitreal therapy with ranibizumab of choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks after 1-year follow-up.

Methods: Nine patients (age, 58 +/- 4 years; range, 53-65 years) were treated with off-label intravitreal injections of 0.3 mg ranibizumab.

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