Publications by authors named "G Maestranzi"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of cystoid macular edema (CME) following vitrectomy alone and after cataract surgery in patients with either rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) or idiopathic epiretinal membrane (ERM).
- A total of 498 eyes were examined, revealing that post-vitrectomy CME occurred significantly more in ERM cases (12.8%) than in RRD cases (1%).
- The findings suggest that eyes previously treated for ERM face a greater risk of developing CME after cataract surgery, indicating that the changes caused by ERM might increase susceptibility to this condition.
Technical advancements have substantially extended the indications for surgery in diabetic retinopathy (DR) during the last 40 years, from the traditional indications including non-clearing vitreous hemorrhage, traction retinal detachment (RD), and traction-rhegmatogenous RD, to epiretinal membrane (ERM), vitreomacular traction, diffuse macular edema, neovascular glaucoma, and anterior hyaloid fibrovascular proliferation. The goals of vitreoretinal surgery in DR are multiple: clearing media opacities, release of traction (anteroposterior and/or tangential), segmentation and/or removal of traction bands, peeling of ERMs, hemostasis, laser photocoagulation, and tamponade of retinal breaks with gas or silicone oil. The best management is achieved with integrated care provided by physicians with expertise in medical management of diabetes and surgical care of DR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To report a case of sudden decrease in visual acuity possibly due to a cardiogenic embolism in a patient who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation.
Methods: A 62-year-old man with severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction and a left bundle branch block was referred to our department because of a sudden decrease in visual acuity. Nine days earlier, he had undergone cardiac transapical implantation of a CRT device, which was followed, 2 days later, by an inflammatory reaction.
Purpose: To study retinal function in asymptomatic Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and no clinical signs of diabetic macular edema.
Methods: Thirty-six consecutive Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients with nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and no diabetic macular edema and 28 healthy controls underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination, including spectral domain optical coherence tomography and microperimetry.
Results: Seventy-one eyes (17 patients with Type 1 and 19 with Type 2 diabetes) were tested, and data from 36 (17 Type 1 and 19 Type 2) eyes were analyzed.