Publications by authors named "Renato Sant'ana"
Article Synopsis
- The Amazon Ocular Oncology Center is the first ocular cancer center in Northern Brazil, and this study evaluates its first three years of operation.
- A total of 221 patients were assessed, primarily from Manaus, with the majority (68%) having benign lesions and 32% suffering from malignant ones, specifically highlighting squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) as the most common malignant diagnosis.
- The study provides insights into patient demographics and treatment methods, noting that a significant portion of SCC patients were male, with many receiving excisional biopsy or chemotherapy followed by surgery.
Purpose: To evaluate the safety and 1-year effect of pattern scanning laser photocoagulation treatment for pedunculated papillomatous and sessile conjunctival lesions in a low-resource setting with extremely limited operating room access.
Methods: Adult patients with clinical diagnosis of conjunctival papilloma underwent complete ophthalmologic exam including anterior segment photography. After topical anesthesia and toluidine blue 1% instillation, the lesion was treated by pattern scanning photocoagulation using a duration time that varied from 20 to 100 ms and power from 600 to 1800 mW, treating the entire lesion surface with a 2 mm margin.