Series 'The Monographs

In 2012, sunder the guidance of the current editor-in-chief, Carmelo Chines, the series 'Le Monografie' is launched. These scientific volumes are designed as in-depth and up-to-date reviews, aimed at describing the state of the art in diagnostics and therapy on important topics in ophthalmology.
2012 - Monograph No. 1

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

1. Epidemiology of AMD Daniela Bacherini, Gianni Virgili, Ugo Menchini
2. Epidemiology: the PAMDI study Stefano Piermarocchi, Stefania Miotto
3. AMD and genetic research Francesco Pichi, Antonio Ciardella
4. Classification of AMD Monica Varano, Marta Sciamanna, Massimiliano Tedeschi
5. FAG and ICG in the diagnosis of AMD Ugo Introini, Giuseppe Querques, Maurizio Battaglia Parodi, Gabriel Coscas, Francesco Bandello
6. Spectral domain OCT in the diagnosis of AMD Luisa Pierro
7. The 'en face' OCT in AMD Bruno Lumbroso, Marco Rispoli, Maria Cristina Savastano
8. Medical therapy of AMD Stefano Piermarocchi, Stefania Miotto
9. Laser therapy and PDT: history, topicality and perspectives Giovanni Staurenghi, Ferdinando Bottoni, Alessandro Invernizzi
10. AMD: endovitreal treatments Alfonso Giovannini, Andrea Saitta
11. Intravitreal therapies: procedures and surgical safety Alfredo Pece on behalf of the 'Progetto Luce' members
12. Surgical therapy: state of the art and novelties Grazia Pertile
13. New therapeutic approaches: what future? Gianluigi Manzi
14. Quality of vision and visual rehabilitation in the AMD patient Sandro Saviano, Pia Ester Leon
15. Legal aspects of intravitreal injections in the treatment of AMD Teresio Avitabile, Salvatore Pianeta, Davide Scollo, Andrea Pianeta

 

 

2013 - Monograph No. 2

INFLAMMATION: CLINIC AND THERAPY Part I

Section 1 - Anterior Segment and Phlogosis
1.1 Phlogoses of the lacrimal system Walter Calcatelli, Elisabetta Calcatelli
1.2 Blepharitis Vincenzo Orfeo, Domenico Boccuzzi
1.3 Lacrimal dysfunction: a chronic inflammatory disease of the ocular surface Maurizio Rolando
1.4 Conjunctivitis Rita Mencucci, Eleonora Favuzza, Ugo Menchini
1.5 Ocular allergies Andrea Leonardi
1.6 Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid Elisabetta Miserocchi, Maura Di Nicola, Giulio Maria Modorati
1.7 Keratitis Pasquale Aragona, Laura Rania, Elisa Postorino

 Section 2 - Uveitis
2.1 Uveitis: classification, epidemiology and patient framing Luca Cimino, Sylvia Marchi
2.2 Fuchs uveitis Luca Cimino, Sylvia Marchi, Raffaella Aldigeri
2.3 Uveitis in Behçet's disease Loredana Latanza, Emanuela Interlandi
2.4 Anterior uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis  Loredana Latanza, Emanuela Interlandi  2.5 Intermediate uveitis Elisabetta Miserocchi, Maura Di Nicola, Giulio Maria Modorati
2.6 Tuberculous uveitis Luca Cimino, Sylvia Marchi, Raffaella Aldigeri
2.7 Sarcoidosis and the eye  Pia Allegri, Roberto Rissotto, Antonella Zanini
2.8 Uveitis and diseases of the central nervous system Pia Allegri, Roberto Rissotto
2.9 Intravitreal therapy in the treatment of non-infectious uveitis Giulio Modorati, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Maura Di Nicola
Appendix I: Drugs and ocular inflammation Gabriele Campana, Claudio Bucolo, Santi Spampinato

 

INFLAMMATION: CLINIC AND THERAPY Part II
Sec. 3 - Posterior segment and phlogosis
3.1 AMD and phlogosis Sara Macor, Daniele Veritti, Paolo Lanzetta
3.2 Diabetic macular oedema Rosangela Lattanzio, Laura Gastaldi, Francesco Bandello
3.3 Retinal venous occlusions and inflammation Monica Varano, Mariacristina Parravano, Daniele De Geronimo
Sec. 4 -Tumour, traumatic and orbital phlogoses
4.1 Phlogosis and ocular tumours Maria Antonietta Blasi, Chiara Manganelli
4.2 Phlogosis and ocular trauma  Antonino Pioppo, Alberto La Mantia
4.3 Orbital Inflammations Dario Surace

Sec. 5 - Phlogosis and surgery
5.1 Endophthalmitis  Guido Lesnoni, Livio Colecchia
5.2 Phlogosis and corneal surgery: overview Salvatore Cillino, Simona Di Naro, Alessandro Alfano, Alberto La Mantia
5.3 Excimer laser refractive surgery and phlogosis  Scipione Rossi, Maria Trinchi
5.4 Femtosecond laser refractive surgery: wound healing, inflammation and neurodegeneration Leonardo Mastropasqua, Roberta Calienno, Manuela Lanzini, Emanuele Doronzo, Eduardo Zuppardi, Mario Nubile
5.5 Cataract surgery and ocular inflammation Aldo Caporossi, Gianluca Martone, Angelo Balestrazzi, Giulia Cartocci, Antonio Tarantello, Valentina Corbo
5.6 Surgery in uveitis Massimo Accorinti, Marta Gilardi
5.7 Inflammation in the filter draft Daniela Rita Lombardo, Antonello Rapisarda, Lorenzo Rapisarda
5.8 Post-operative phlogosis in strabismus surgery Domenico Massaro Cenere, Francesco Pichi, Paolo Nucci

Sec. 6 - Update Uveitis
6.1 Neuro-Behçet in children: an often eye problem Paolo Mora, Pierangela Rubino, Arturo Carta, Stefano A. Gandolfi, Jelka G. Orsoni

Appendix II
New therapeutic strategies in the resolution of ocular inflammation Antonino Asero

 

 

2014 - Monograph No. 3

PRESBYOPIA: FROM TEMPLE LENS TO INTRAOCULAR LENS

INTRODUCTION Vittorio Picardo

GENERAL NOTIONS
1. Pathophysiology Nicola Pescosolido, Alessio Stefanucci
2. Temporal lens correction... tradition and innovation Mauro Zuppardo, David Pietroni, Vittorio Picardo
3. Laser parachirurgical treatment of presbyopia Riccardo Sciacca, Vincenzo Recupero

INDICATIONS FOR USE OF IOL PREMIUM
4.1 Diffractive and refractive multifocal IOLs: principles of operation Antonio Toso, Angela Panico, Simonetta Morselli
4.2 Accommodative IOLs: operating principles Daniele Cardillo, Giuseppe D'Amico Ricci, Ermete Giancipoli, Giancarlo Sborgia, Francesco Boscia
4.3 Progressive IOLs: operating principles Gianni Alessio, Alessandra Sborgia, Carmela Palmisano

INSTRUMENTAL AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
5.1 Premium IOL: Patient Selection Maurizio Fossarello
5.2 How to Calculate the Power of Multifocal Intraocular Lenses Alessandro Mularoni, Giacomo Savini

CURRENT SURGICAL SOLUTIONS
6. Mix & Match Scipione Rossi, Maria Trinchi

MULTIFOCAL IOL: A NEW SOLUTION
7.1 Clinical studies with Premium 'antipresbyopic' IOLs Salvatore Cillino, Alessandra Casuccio, Giovanni Cillino
7.2 Clinical Studies on Mini WELL: First Results Roberto Bellucci, Deborah Kim Lan Nguyen, Miriam Cargnoni

 

2016 - Monograph No. 4

ASTIGMATISM: KNOW, UNDERSTAND, CORRECT

Foreword & Cover story  Vittorio Picardo

GENERAL NOTIONS
1. Astigmatism: this unknown 'defect' Mauro Zuppardo, Vittorio Picardo
2. Instrumental diagnosis: examinations and obligatory steps Gianni Alessio, Alessandra Sborgia
3. The optical correction of astigmatism Daniele Tognetto, Chiara De Giacinto, Franca Iannaccone
4. Corneal surgery of astigmatism: indications and limitations Antonino Cuttitta, Gianfranco Cuttitta
5. Laser or IOL: what to choose? Leonardo Mastropasqua, Niccolò Salgari
6. Identikit of a toric IOL: optical-functional issues and technological solutions Scipione Rossi

ASTIGMATISM AND CATARACT SURGERY
The pre-operative phase
7. Biometrics: one exam or several exams? Giacomo Savini, Alessandro Mularoni
8. The ideal patient for the toric IOL Paolo Vinciguerra, Claudia Fabiani
9. Choosing the best performing IOL Giuseppe Perone, Filippo Incarbone
10. How to calculate the 'right' IOL Noel Alpins

Surgery and post-operative management
11. In the operating room: the surgeon and the toric IOL Vincenzo Orfeo, Domenico Boccuzzi
12. The day after: the ex-post evaluation Riccardo Sciacca, Vincenzo Recupero
13. Problem: lens rotated Alessandro Franchini, Iacopo Franchini, Lucia Finocchio, Daniela Bacherini

INSIGHTS
14. The 'partnership' with vitreoretinal surgery Francesco Boscia
15. The Treatment of Astigmatism: Overview of the Literature and International Experience Roberto Bellucci, Angela Panico

 

 

2018 - Monograph No. 5

 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM FOR EYE INFECTIONS - Photographic atlas

FOREWORD Augusto Pocobelli

INTRODUCTION

Focus Antibiotic resistance: pharmacological and microbiological aspects  Claudio Bucolo, Stefania Stefani

1. ORBIT, EYELIDS AND TEAR DUCTS Francesco Quaranta Leoni, Nazareno Marabottini, Antonio Giordano Resti, Adriana Iuliano
Blepharites
1.2. Post-operative antibiotic therapy in eyelid surgery
Necrotising fasciitis
1.4. Orbital cellulitis
1.5. Canaliculitis
1.6. Dacryocystitis
1.7. Ophthalmic cavity

2. CONJUNCTIVE
2.1. Infectious conjunctivitis  Pasquale Aragona, Leandro Inferrera, Elisa Imelde Postorino
2.2. Clinical cases Infectious conjunctivitis Rita Mencucci, Eleonora Favuzza

3. CORNEA
3.1. Diagnostic algorithms for infectious corneal ulcers Rossella A.M. Colabelli Gisoldi
3.2. Bacterial keratitis Rossella A.M. Colabelli Gisoldi, Augusto Pocobelli
3.3. Acanthamoeba keratitis Antonella Franch
3.4. Corneal herpetic disease Paolo Rama
3.5 Mycotic keratitis Leonardo Mastropasqua, Filomena Pinto, Mario Nubile

4. INFECTIOUS UVEITIS
4.1. Infectious uveitis algorithms Luca De Simone, Sylvia Marchi, Anna Sangiovanni, Luca Cimino
4.2. Anterior herpes simplex uveitis Massimo Accorinti
4.3 Anterior herpes zoster uveitis Massimo Accorinti
4.4 Anterior cytomegalovirus uveitis Massimo Accorinti
4.5 Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis Massimo Accorinti
4.6 Diseases masquerading as infectious uveitis Giulio Modorati, Alessandro Marchese

5. ENDOFTALMITI
5.1 Endophthalmitis: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment Carlo Cagini, Tito Fiore
5.2 Endophthalmitis post intravitreal injection Marco Pileri, Francesco Baccini

 

2019 - Monograph No. 6
RETINOPATHY AND DIABETIC MACULAR OEDEMA - DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC UPDATE

Foreword and introduction Francesco Bandello
GENERAL NOTIONS
1. Diabetes mellitus, chronic and microangiopathic complications Francesco Tecilazich, Gianpaolo Zerbini, Emanuele Bosi
Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Oedema: General Aspects Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Alessandro Rabiolo, Maria Brambati, Rosangela Lattanzio, Francesco Bandello
3. Diabetic Macular Oedema - Definition and Classification Edoardo Cereatti, Daniele Veritti, Valentina Sarao, Paolo Lanzetta
4. Diabetic Macular Oedema - Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects Giuseppe Querques, Eleonora Corbelli, Riccardo Sacconi, Lea Querques, Adriano Carnevali, Ilaria Zucchiatti, Francesco Bandello

TREATMENT PROTOCOLS
5. Guidelines for the treatment of diabetic macular oedema Monica Varano, Barbara Boccassini
6. Laser therapy Gianni Virgili, Lidia Vicchio, Elisa Marziali, Stanislao Rizzo, Maria Carla Donati
7. Anti-VEGF drugs Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Vincenzo Starace, Francesco Bandello
8. Steroids in the treatment of diabetic macular oedema Michele Reibaldi, Matteo Fallico, Teresio Avitabile

PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MANAGEMENT ASPECTS
9.  Psychological and social aspects related to diabetic macular oedema Daniele Tognetto, Marco R. Pastore, Rossella D'Aloisio, Chiara De Giacinto
10. Interdisciplinary patient management Alfredo Pece

 

2020 - Monograph No. 7

PRESBYOPIA & MULTIFOCALITY - EDOF MODERN TRENDS

Introduction and preview Vittorio Picardo

Section I: MULTIFOCALITY
1. Multifocality: optical principles Mauro Zuppardo, Vittorio Picardo
2. Corneal presbyopic correction Dan Z Reinstein, Timothy J Archer, Ryan S Vida
3. Surgical options for multifocality Marie Joan Therese D. Balgos, Veronica Vargas, Jorge L. Alió
4. Multifocal IOLs: an overview Richard Packard
5. Unusual cases: multifocal IOL implant in paediatric patients Luca Buzzonetti, Sergio Petroni
6. Multifocal IOLs: the international scenery Roberto Bellucci, Carlo Bellucci

Section II: EDOF Technology
7. EDOF technology in IOLs Giuseppe Perone, Federico Basilico, Filippo Incarbone
8. EDOF IOL implant: the ideal patient Andrea Corsi
9. Range of correction with EDOF IOLs: how to prevent any error Claudio Carbonara 

Section III: MINI WELL
10. Mini WELL implant: surgical technique Vittorio Picardo
11. Personal Experiences with new Extended Depth Of Focus intraocular lens with progressive multifocal optics Gerd U. Auffarth, Ramin Khoramnia
12. Clinical and functional results after EDOF IOL implant James Savini
13. Unusual cases: EDOF IOL implant in high myopic eyes Emilio Pedrotti, Chiara Chierego, Pietro Maria Talli, Federico Selvi, Alice Galzignato, Enrico Neri, Guido Barosco, Andrea Montresor, Giorgio Marchini

 

2021 - Monograph No. 8

DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NON-INFECTIOUS UVEITIS

Scientific introduction Andrea Leonardi

1. Uveitis: classification, epidemiology and patient framing Luca De Simone, Elena Bolletta, Fabrizio Gozzi, Luca Cimino
2. Non-infectious uveitis Massimo Accorinti, Marta Gilardi
3. Diagnostic procedure and aqueous humour sampling Pia Allegri, Chiara Ciurlo, Roberta Rissotto, Elisa Calì, Federico Rissotto, Roberta Paravidino
4. Systemic therapies
   4.1. Steroid therapy and DMARDS Paolo Mora, Antonio Apollonio
    4.2. Biological drugs Lorenzo Vannozzi, Alice Bitossi, Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol

5. Intravitreal therapies Alessandro Marchese, Elisabetta Miserocchi, Giulio Modorati
6. Multimodal imaging in non-infectious uveitis Barbara Iaccheri, Alessio Cerquaglia, Alessandro Invernizzi
7. Future scenarios in the treatment of non-infectious uveitis Emanuela Interlandi, Loredana Latanza, Francesco Martines

 

 

2022 - Monograph No. 9

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION - UPDATE 2022

1. Epidemiology of AMD Daniela Bacherini, Gianni Virgili, Fabrizio Giansanti
2. Classification of AMD Mariacristina Parravano, Marta Sciamanna, Monica Varano
3. FAG and ICG in the diagnosis of AMD Alessio Antropoli, Lorenzo Bianco, Alessandro Arrigo, Francesco Bandello, Maurizio Battaglia Parodi
4. OCT in the diagnosis of AMD Luisa Pierro, Alessia Amato
5. En-face OCT and En-face OCT Angiography in exudative AMD Marco Rispoli, Maria Cristina Savastano, Bruno Lumbroso,
6. Non-exudative macular neovascularisations Federico Fantaguzzi, Beatrice Tombolini, Riccardo Sacconi, Giuseppe Querques
7. Exudative AMD: which examinations to perform before and after therapy Marco Lupidi, Giuseppe Lo Giudice, Maria Vadalà
8. Medical therapy of AMD Stefano Piermarocchi, Stefania Miotto, Rita Piermarocchi
9. Laser therapy and PDT: history, current events and perspectives Massimo Nicolò
10. AMD and endovitreal drugs Giacomo Boscia, Pasquale Viggiano, Francesco Boscia
11. Intravitreal therapies: procedures Valentina Sarao, Anna Bulfon, Marco Gonfiantini, Daniele Veritti, Paolo Lanzetta
12. Non-responders and the switch Alessandro Berni, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Ugo Introini
13. Surgical therapy: State of the art and novelties Grazia Pertile
14. Therapeutic novelties in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Alfredo Pece
15. Atrophic macular degeneration Marco Casaluci, Samuele Motta, Giovanni Staurenghi
16. COVID-19 and retina Francesca Lamanna, Lucrezia Barbieri, Giovanni Staurenghi, Alessandro Invernizzi
17. Artificial intelligence and the retina Federica Fossataro, Sofia Pece, Alfredo Pece
18. Quality of vision and visual rehabilitation in the AMD patient Monica Schmid, Mario Broggini
19. Medical-Legal Aspects Teresio Avitabile, Niccolò Castellino, Matteo Fallico, Cristoforo Pomara, Monica Salerno, Massimiliano Esposito

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