Definition

The Medical Retina Operating Unit deals with the management of medical pathologies affecting the macula (the most central and, consequently, most important portion of the retina) and the peripheral retina.

Pathologies

The most frequent pathologies treated include: age-related macular degeneration of the exudative type, age-related macular degeneration of the atrophic type, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, retinal vascular occlusions, post-occlusive macular edema, uveitis, inflammatory macular edema, central serous chorioretinopathy, etc.

Activities

The Medical Retina Operating Unit is capable of offering the most recent medical, laser, and parachirurgical therapies according to the latest clinical protocols for the treatment of retinal diseases.

It also benefits from a Diagnostics/Imaging Service equipped with the most modern technologies for the diagnosis and in-depth study of retinal pathologies, such as:

• Retinography (non-invasive fundus photography using red-free light, autofluorescence in blue light and near-infrared, and multicolor imaging)
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT) with next-generation devices
• Angiography with sodium fluorescein and indocyanine green
• Angio-OCT: next-generation angiography without the need for dyes or contrast agents
• Wide-field imaging for the study of peripheral retinal pathologies

Available treatments include:

• Standard and next-generation laser treatments (laser barrage, traditional laser photocoagulation, subthreshold micropulse laser)
• Photodynamic therapy
• Intravitreal injection therapy

Our service participates in numerous national and international trials with new drugs or therapeutic strategies for the treatment of degenerative maculopathies (age-related macular degeneration of the exudative type, age-related macular degeneration of the atrophic type, diabetic macular edema, post-occlusive macular edema, inflammatory macular edema, central serous chorioretinopathy, etc.).