Central retinal thickness fluctuations in patients treated with anti-VEGF for neovascular age related macular degeneration.

Purpose: This is a retrospective, single-center, non randomized interventional real life study, investigating the correlation between variability of central retinal thickness (CRT) and functional outcomes during 2 years of anti-VEGF therapy in patients treated for neovascular age related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Background: CRT fluctuations can depend on various factors such as the correct timing of injections, the therapeutic algorithm, and the number of injections (NI) performed; it is important to understand if CRT fluctuations are responsible for worse visual outcomes and consequently to identify the correct ways to avoid or reduce them.

Methods: Forty-one patients were treated for nAMD with aflibercept: 0.

Choroidal neovascular membrane following hormonal stimulation for in vitro fertilization.

Purpose: To report the onset of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) following hormonal stimulation for in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a healthy young woman.

Methods: A 31-year-old woman presented with visual impairment following hormonal stimulation for IVF. Clinical history was collected and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), complete eye examination, optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein angiography (FA), and indocyanine green angiography were -performed.

Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab: changes in intraocular pressure related to ocular axial length.

Purpose: To evaluate the immediate and short-term effects of intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg/0.05 ml of bevacizumab on intraocular pressure related to different ocular axial lengths.

Early onset keratectasia after photorefractive keratectomy in a case showing Vertical D topographic pattern.

Purpose: We describe a case of early onset keratectasia after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in a patient with Vertical D topographic pattern in one eye and suspected keratoconus in the other eye.

Methods: A 31-year-old woman underwent bilateral PRK: attempted correction was -8.00-2.

Pain during second eye cataract surgery under topical anesthesia: an intraindividual study.

Background: Aim of the study was to investigate: 1) if second eye cataract surgery under topical anesthesia is more painful than surgery on the first eye, 2) if pain experienced during the procedure on the first eye may predict the pain of the second procedure, and 3) if patients' cooperation is different between the first and the second eye procedure.

Methods: Seventy-three consecutive patients undergoing bilateral non-simultaneous cataract surgery were prospectively included in the study. Surgical technique was sutureless clear corneal phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia.