Publications by authors named "Silvana Madi"
Purpose: To report 5-year outcomes of ultrathin Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (UT-DSAEK) with a central graft thickness intended to be <100 μm.
Methods: This retrospective, consecutive, interventional case series included 354 eyes with endothelial decompensation due to various causes (Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, pseudophakic or aphakic bullous keratopathy, failed previous graft, herpetic endothelitis, or buphthalmos). Donor tissue was prepared using the microkeratome-assisted double-pass technique aiming at a graft thickness <100 μm.
Purpose: To report outcomes of femtosecond-assisted single-piece mushroom keratoplasty for the treatment of full-thickness corneal disease in pediatric patients with healthy endothelium.
Methods: Femtosecond-assisted mushroom keratoplasty was performed in 8 eyes of 8 patients (age range, 8-17 years) with central full-thickness corneal opacity. The single-piece mushroom-shaped graft consisted of a large anterior portion (9 mm in diameter; 250 μm in thickness) and a small posterior portion (6-6.
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of a technical modification to reduce the incidence of traumatic cataract induced by Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) performed in phakic eyes.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study. The records of all patients with a clear crystalline lens and endothelial failure that underwent modified DSAEK at our insitution were reviewed.
Purpose: To compare the results of repeat Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with those of primary DSAEK.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective study consisted of all consecutive eyes that underwent one or more repeat DSAEK surgeries after primary DSAEK performed at Villa Serena-Villa Igea Private Hospitals (Forlì, Italy) between January 2005 and June 2015. A paired comparison between the outcomes of primary and the second DSAEK was performed.
Purpose: To test the hypothesis that a new microkeratome-assisted penetrating keratoplasty (PK) technique employing transplantation of a two-piece mushroom-shaped graft may result in better visual outcomes and graft survival rates than those of conventional PK.
Methods: Retrospective chart review of 96 eyes at low risk and 76 eyes at high risk for immunologic rejection (all with full-thickness central corneal opacity and otherwise healthy endothelium) undergoing mushroom PK between 2004 and 2012 at our Institution. Outcome measures were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refraction, corneal topography, endothelial cell density, graft rejection, and survival probability.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the visual outcomes and graft survival rate after therapeutic keratoplasty performed for interface infection after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).
Methods: This is a retrospective, interventional case series. The study population comprised 7 patients who developed unilateral post-DSAEK interface infection unresponsive to conservative treatment, with or without graft exchange, and were treated with penetrating keratoplasty (PK), 9 to 9.
Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty in pediatric age group.
Saudi J Ophthalmol
July 2012
Purpose: To report the outcomes of DSAEK surgery performed in pediatric patients.
Design: Noncomparative interventional case series.
Subjects And Methods: All pediatric patients (age up to 16 years) undergoing Descemet automated stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) at our Institution since January 2008 have been enrolled in a prospective study.
Purpose: To report the results of Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) to treat endothelial failure in eyes with buphthalmos.
Design: Prospective interventional case series.
Methods: All buphthalmic eyes with endothelial failure undergoing DSAEK by the same surgeon (M.
Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes and graft survival rates after ultrathin (UT) Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) using the microkeratome-assisted double-pass technique.
Design: Prospective, consecutive, interventional case series.
Participants: Patients with endothelial decompensation of various causes (Fuchs endothelial dystrophy, pseudophakic or aphakic bullous keratopathy, failed previous graft, herpetic endotheliitis, or buphthalmus; n = 285 grafts).