Lavoro roma 2015 in inglese

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A preliminary study on the changes induced by radiobiological stimulation (Callegari’s Radionic) on retinal function and morphology in patients with macular diseases: OCT and microperimetric assessments. Pierdomenico D’Andrea, M.D. Via Monte Faito, 5 – Pescara (I) pierdomenico.dandrea@gmail.com key words: Retina, Macular Dystrophies, OCT, Microperimetry, GianBattista Callegari’s Radionic.

Abstract Aim of the study: to demonstrate the effectiveness of Callegari’s radionic, which consists in the possibility to interact with the oscillatory part of the matter, using particularly waves, defined radionic since generated in particularly oscillating circuits, called Callegari, to induce changes in retinal morphology and function in patients suffering from various macular dystrophies, and to evaluate in which kind of dystrophy the procedure is more useful. Materials and methods: 39 eyes, affected by various maculopathies (atrophy – 10 eyes-, vitreomacular traction syndrome (VMT) -13 eyes-, age related maculopathy (AMD) -6 eyes-, vascular related maculopathy -6 eyes-, pseudophachic cisthoyd macular oedema (CME) -4 eyes- were exposed to radionic stimuli, 10 sessions every 4 days, during one month, (according to GianBattista Callegari’s Radionic). Exclusion criteria were: pregnancy, known or previous malignancies. OCT and Microperimetry were performed before and after the stimulations, automatically delivered by the CRC DIGITALE DEVICE (Italian patent 2008). Follow-up was 3060 days. No drugs were administered during treatment and follow-up. Due to the sample heterogeneity and peculiarities, it was not performed statistical analysis. Results: the OCT evaluation criterium was variation in retinal thickness ± 20% vs. baseline; the microperimetric one was ± 20% vs. baseline. In all patients there were no changes in OCT (except CME and vasculopathy related maculopathy), but an increased sensibility was observed in 58% of patients, especially in atrophyc maculopathies (70%). Discussion: the most important result of this study was the improvement of macular sensibility in macular atrophies, despite any appreciable thickness changes measured by OCT. The radionics wave projected to patients suffering from macular atrophy are like-infrared waves, so they are able to induce regeneration of tissues. They could induce neuronal sprouting, or increase production of endogenous growth factors to explain these results. It is demonstrated an anti-oedemic effect in CME and the reduction of vessels permeability in vascular-related maculopathies. Conclusions: this study suggests the possibility of inducing some changes in structure and function of the retina by the overlapping of radionics stimuli to endogenous retinal electric-fields. The best result is the increasing of macular sensibility in atrophies. In the cases when the result is not good , it is possible to presume a mistake of scheduling therapy/stimulation. Further investigations are needed to understand the potential effects of this device.

INTRODUCTION. Various studies demonstrated the effectiveness of physic stimuli to induce changes into the retina and ocular tissues. The interaction between herzian waves (lasers, ultrasound, mechanic) and eye are well known. The energy of these sources actually used in ocular therapy are very high and their effect are destructive (photocoagulation, photoablation, phacoemulsion,


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