Publications by authors named "Stefano Lupo"
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is referred to as the leading cause of irreversible visual loss in developed countries, with a profound effect on the quality of life [...
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study sought to evaluate the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor eye drops and cysteine oral supplements on corneal healing in patients treated with photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Materials And Methods: One hundred and twenty patients treated bilaterally with PRK for myopia were enrolled at one of two eye centers (Clinica Santa Lucia, Bologna, Italy and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy) and were treated at the former center. Sixty patients included in the study group (Group 1) were treated postoperatively with topical basic fibroblast growth factor plus oral L-cysteine supplements, whereas 60 subjects included in the control group (Group 2) received basic fibroblast growth factor eye drops.
Objective: To evaluate which of 2 measuring units (bivariate contour ellipse area [BCEA] vs Fujii) yields more accurate measurements of fixation stability, obtained using the MP-1 device, in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) treated with intravitreal injections of ranibizumab, during a 12-month follow-up period.
Design: Small retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series.
Participants: A total of 25 eyes in 25 patients (13 males, 12 females; mean age 71.
Purpose: We describe in our study a modified standard enucleation, using sclera harvested from the enucleated eye to cover the prosthesis in order to insert a large porous implant and to reduce postoperative complication rates in a phthisis globe.
Methods: We perform initially a standard enucleation. The porous implant (Bioceramic) is then covered only partially by the patient's sclera.
In this study, we investigated the visual performance of two aspherical intraocular lenses (IOLs), Tecnis ZCB00 and Acrysof SN60WF, by measuring high-order aberration, visual evoked potentials (VEP), retinal sensitivity, and fixation stability by MP-1 microperimetry and contrast sensitivity values. Twenty-two patients with age-related cataract were randomly allocated to either the Tecnis or the Acrysof group. All measurements were taken from patients of both groups 2 months postoperatively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To investigate the relation between the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings and retinal sensitivity in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by assessing the retinal thickness and retinal function using Fourier-domain OCT (FD-OCT) and microperimetry, respectively.
Design: Observational case series.
Methods: Fifty-nine patients (118 eyes) were enrolled, mean age 47 ± 14.
Purpose: To evaluate the refractive outcomes and safety of laser refractive surgery in a group of myopic patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP).
Methods: This was a multicenter, retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. A total of 32 eyes of 16 patients with RP with at least 18 months of follow-up were treated with laser refractive surgery (photorefractive keratectomy [PRK], laser subepithelial keratectomy [LASEK]).
Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide in patients suffering from diffuse long standing diabetic macular edema, by the assessment of retinal thickness and retinal function by means of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and microperimetry-1.
Methods: Twenty eyes received 8 mg in 0.2 mL preservative free intravitreal triamcinolone injection delivered through the pars plana.