Publications by authors named "Giorgia Sanguinetti"
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling and other variables in hole closure and functional success rate after idiopathic macular hole surgery.
Design: Retrospective, multicenter, observational study.
Methods: The records of 1627 patients operated on for idiopathic macular hole were collected retrospectively from 28 surgeons.
The implant of intraocular lenses (IOLs) following cataract surgery induces a foreign body reaction to the IOL and a lens epithelial cell reaction. The host response to the IOL is mainly influenced by biomaterial properties. With the increasing use of phacoemulsification and small incision cataract surgery, there is growing interest in the use of foldable IOLs made of different materials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a heavy silicone oil (HSO) tamponade for complicated retinal detachment (RD) surgery.
Design: Prospective consecutive interventional case series study.
Participants: The study included 26 patients with RD complicated by severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in the inferior quadrants.
Purpose: To evaluate the use of triamcinolone acetonide to stain the internal limiting membrane (ILM) during vitreoretinal surgery.
Methods: A prospective clinical interventional case series study was performed, including 16 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy. Seven patients had proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema.
Visualization of fluid turbulence and acoustic cavitation during phacoemulsification.
J Cataract Refract Surg
February 2005
Purpose: To describe a technique for visualizing fluid turbulence and cavitational energy created by ultrasonic phaco tips.
Setting: University Eye Clinic of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Methods: Generation of cavitational energy by the phaco tip was visualized using an optical test bench comprising several components.
Purpose: To evaluate the optical quality of different intraocular lenses (IOLs).
Methods: An optical test bench and suitable software were used to assist in analysis of the optical Fourier transform (OFT) of a test image and to determine the quality of the lens in terms of spatial frequency response. The OFT was automatically converted, by means of an optical-electronic calibration procedure, into a modulation transfer function (MTF) for each lens.
Purpose: To investigate the correlation between increased homocysteine plasma levels and the homozygosity for the 677C-T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in patients aged under 50 years affected by central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO).
Design: Prospective, case-control study.
Participants And Controls: Participants included 31 consecutive patients under 50 years and diagnosed with CRVO.
Purpose: To analyse the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of nasal branch retinal vein occlusion (NBRVO).
Methods: Patients affected by branch retinal vein occlusion observed in the out-patient departments of the Eye Clinic of Trieste between January 1995 and January 1999 were enrolled.
Results: Out of 144 patients with branch retinal vein occlusion, 128 (88.
Purpose: To determine the influence of intraocular lens (IOL) material on anterior capsular opacification and membrane growth over the anterior IOL surface in patients who have undergone standardized small-incision cataract surgery and foldable IOL implantation in the capsular bag.
Design: Randomized controlled trial.
Participants: Eighty-eight cataract patients (88 eyes).
Purpose: To evaluate the formation of glistenings in foldable intraocular lenses (IOLs) of various materials after cataract surgery.
Setting: University Eye Clinic of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Methods: In this prospective study, 273 patients were randomized to have implantation of 1 of 7 types of foldable IOLs in the capsular bag after phacoemulsification.