VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

Results Among 1967 patients, swabs were collected in 1740 (88%) at admission and 712 (36%) at discharge; with 687 (35%) having both. Mean age was 64 years; 58% were male. 4.8% (84/1740) of patients were MRSA positive on admission, of which 79% -for whom data were available (43/54)had been MRSA positive on screening in the previous 6 months. Of patients who were not MRSA positive at admission, 5...

Ropivacaine is a new aminoamide local anaesthetic agent. Unlike other agents in its class, such as bupivacaine, it has been found to be vasoconstrictive. We have sought to investigate if this property is clinically useful and may reduce surgical blood loss. Reduction mammoplasty is a procedure in which considerable blood loss may occur. We have compared pre-incision infiltration of ropivacaine ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The effect of ebselen, a seleno-organic compound with antioxidant activity through a glutathione peroxidase-like action, on the outcome of acute ischemic stroke was evaluated in a multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. METHODS Patients diagnosed as having acute ischemic stroke who could receive drug treatment within 48 hours of stroke onset were e...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A method of identifying retinal vascular microaneurysms (MAs) in nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). PATIENTS AND METHODS SS-OCT images were acquired in 17 eyes with NPDR using prototype SS-OCT device and fluorescein angiography (FA) images were obtained simultaneously. MAs identified on SS-OCT slabs ...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

Background and Purpose—The effect of ebselen, a seleno-organic compound with antioxidant activity through a glutathione peroxidase–like action, on the outcome of acute ischemic stroke was evaluated in a multicenter, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. Methods—Patients diagnosed as having acute ischemic stroke who could receive drug treatment within 48 hours of stroke onset were enr...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

VISUAL FIELD PRESERVATION IN ADVANCED PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA AFTER FILTRATION SURGERY Traverse C.E., Semino E., Morescalchi F., Corazza M., Gandolfo E., Zingirian M. University Eye Clinic of Genoa (Italy) PURPOSE: To evaluate Visual Field (V.F.) changes in patients with advanced primary open-angle glaucoma undergoing filtration surgery. METHODS: Selection criteria: preoperative IOP z= 21 m...

BACKGROUND Aim of the study was to determine the efficacy of two distinct ethanol-based hand rubs for surgical hand disinfection in a controlled cross-over trial according to prEN 12791. METHODS 20 subjects were included. Hands were washed for 1 min with soap. The bacterial prevalue was obtained by rubbing finger tips in TSB for 1 min. Then, each subject treated the hands with the reference p...