Publications by authors named "U Menchini"

Headings: Multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) may be useful in the management of sector retinitis pigmentosa (SRP).

Aim: To compare multifocal electroretinographic responses in SRP, generalised retinitis pigmentosa (GRP), and healthy controls.

Methods: Eighteen patients with SRP, twelve with GRP, and fifteen controls were included in the study.

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Purpose: To evaluate the long-term outcomes of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs with a pro re nata (PRN) regimen for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks (AS).

Methods: This is a retrospective, multicenter, noncomparative case series of consecutive AS eyes affected by treatment-naïve CNV. A complete ophthalmologic examination was performed every 30-45 days after the loading phase, including fluorescein angiography and/or optical coherence tomography.

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Purpose: To evaluate the use of telemedicine retinal screening in Italy and to identify potential elements of implementation of this system.

Methods: Patients with either new-onset diabetes or no ophthalmologic visit over the previous 2 years and attending 33 referral diabetic centers between mid-April 2013 and mid December 2015 were screened. Two partially overlapping nonstereoscopic 45° digital color images were captured from each eye using a fully automated nonmydriatic digital fundus camera.

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Purpose: To compare retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) measurements by Stratus and Cirrus optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to evaluate agreement between the 2 instruments in retrobulbar optic neuritis (RON), nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), and healthy controls.

Methods: A total of 89 eyes with RON, 92 with NAION (6 to 12 months after diagnosis of acute disease), and 159 control eyes were studied. Average RNFLT was measured by Stratus and Cirrus OCTs.

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