Publications by authors named "L Raffa"
Objective: We assessed the predictive efficacy of automatically quantified retinal vascular tortuosity from the fundus pictures of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) without evident retinopathy.
Methods: Retinal images were obtained from 31 healthy and 31 SCD participants using fundus imaging and analyzed using a novel computational automated metric assessment. The local and global vessel tortuosity and their relationship with systemic disease parameters were analyzed based on the images.
Retinal Detachment Following Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Incidence, Preoperative Risk Factors, and Postoperative Complications.
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Cataract surgery is the most common surgery done to help people see better, but it can sometimes lead to a serious problem called retinal detachment (RD), which can harm eyesight.
- A big study looked at over 5 million patients and found that about 37,000 of them experienced RD after surgery, which is about 0.66 cases for every 100 patients.
- The study also showed that men are more likely to get RD after cataract surgery than women.
Purpose: To determine the earliest characteristics of retinal and optic disc alterations in diabetic children without diabetic retinopathy (DR) changes by using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
Settings And Design: This was a prospective, non-interventional case-control study that involved 25 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) without clinical signs of DR and a demographically similar group of 25 healthy children as the control.
Methods: The retina and optic disc were examined using OCTA.
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the presence of sickle cell maculopathy in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) aged 5 to 18 years through optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).
- Findings revealed that the SCD group had significantly thinner parafoveal thickness, smaller parafoveal volume, and lower deep capillary plexus density compared to a control group of healthy participants.
- Additionally, the study found that platelet levels were negatively correlated with parafoveal and perifoveal thickness and density, suggesting early macular microvascular alterations in asymptomatic SCD patients.
Optic disc characteristics on digital fundus photographs in Saudi children.
Neurosciences (Riyadh)
July 2024
Objectives: To assess the optic disc parameters in healthy Saudi children.
Methods: This study recruited 85 children who were medically free, born full-term, cooperative, and aged 3-17 years. The children underwent a thorough ophthalmological examination (visual acuity, refraction post-cycloplegia, fundus photography) at the ophthalmology clinic of King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah.