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PRESS: DR: MARCO ABBONDANZA – TV, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS
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Dr. Marco Abbondanza, during his thirty-year career, has been interviewed by Italy’s most influential television programs, newspapers and magazines. Moreover, Dr. Abbondanza’s scientific studies have been published by major international journals and have been cited as a reference, for other scientific studies, by a number of ophthalmologists and other MDs from around the world.

The main website (in Italian) is more frequently updated and therefore likely displays more media interviews and scientific studies

National newspapers, national and international magazines/journals

• weekly magazine “Salute“, 30 September 1999 – Eyesight prevention Immage 1 Image 2

• monthly magazine “Trentatrè“, December 2000 – Laser for myopia Image 1 Image 2

• weekly magazine “Grazia“, 24 September 2002 – Keratoconus and Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy (MARK) Image 1 Image 2

• daily newspaper “Il Giornale“, 5 October 2003 – Cataract surgery Image

• daily newspaper “Il Corriere della Sera“, 24 May 2004 – Cataract surgery Image

• weekly magazine “Panorama“, 21 March 2005 – Myopia and night-time contact lenses Image 1 Image 2

• daily magazine “Capital“, December 2005 – Keratoconus, Corneal Cross-linking and Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy (MARK) Image

• daily newspaper “Il Giornale“, May 2008 – Keratoconus and Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy (MARK) Image

• daily newspaper “Il Giornale“, 24 January 2009 – Custom cataract surgery Image

• bimonthly magazine “Agenda Salute“, January/February 2010 – Keratoconus Image

• weekly magazine “Famiglia Cristiana“, 14 November 2010 – Keratoconus Image 1 Image 2

• weekly magazine “Famiglia Cristiana“, 3 July 2011 – Cataract surgery Image

• daily newspaper “Agoravox“, 5 December 2014 – Visual improvements following Corneal Cross-linking Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 Image 4 Image 5

• daily newspaper “L’Indro“, 28 January 2016 - MARK + Cross-linking combined protocol for keratoconus Click here to read the article

• Australian broadcasting company “SBS“, 13 August 2017 – Ophthalmic pathologies, eyesight defects and their treatments Listen to the interview

• newspaper of the Italian community in Australia, 7 September 2017 – Dr. Abbondanza’s conference at the University of Technology Sydney Image 1

• biography of the most influential people born in Naples, December 2017 – Dr. Marco Abbondanza Click here to see the book

• national radio talk show, 17 November 2018 – Causes, symptoms and treatments for keratoconus Listen to the interview


Television interviews:

Dr. Abbondanza interviewed by national radio talk show talking about keratoconus causes, symptoms and treatments:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national news talking about keratoconus and Cross-linking:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national news talking about keratoconus and its treatments:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national health show talking about keratoconus and its treatments (part 1):

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national health show talking about keratoconus and its treatments (part 2):

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national news talking about laser eye surgery:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national health show talking about eyesight defects and refractive surgery:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national scientific show talking about the bionic eye:

Dr. Marco Abbondanza interviewed by national news talking about Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy (MARK) for keratoconus:

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SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

In this section we show Dr. Abbondanza’s scientific studies, published by major international journals and cited as a reference, for other scientific studies, by a number of ophthalmologists and other MDs from around the world. Select a publication to read it.

• Cheratotomia Radiale in miopie elevate, Acta Medica Latina, vol. 9, no. 1. 1986

• Cheratotomia Radiale per miopie elevate, L’uomo e la Medicina, vol. 4, no.2. 1988

• La Cheratocoagulazione Radiale, La Stampa Medica Europea, vol. 8, no. 2. 1988

• La Cheratocoagulazione Radiale come tecnica di correzione dell’ipermetropia, Atti del simposio internazionale di ottica e contattologia del Politecnico Biosanitario “A. Fleming”, pp. 6-10. 1989

• Correzione Chirurgica del Cheratocono, EUR Medicina, vol. 7, no.2. 1991

• Correzione Chirurgica del Cheratocono tramite Cheratotomia Radiale Asimmetrica, Rivista di Oftalmologia Sociale, vol. 15, no.2. 1992

• Stabilität der Hornhautkrümmung nach radiärer Keratotomie – Eine Erklärung der progressiven Hyperopisierung?, OPHTHALMO-CHIRURGIE, vol. 4, pp. 193-197. 1992

• Aesthesiometry of the cornea after refractive corneal surgery, Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, vol. 201, no. 4, pp. 221-223. 1992

• Zur Aesthesiometrie der Hornhaut nach refraktiver Hornhautchirurgie, Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, vol. 201, no. 10, pp. 221-223. 1992

• Corneal sensitivity after refractive surgery, European Journal of Implant and Refractive Surgery, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 319-323. 1994

• Hornhautreinnervation nach lamellärer Keratoplastik im Vergleich zu Epikeratophakie und photorefraktiver Keratektomie, Der Ophthalmologe. 1994

• Corneal reinnervation after lamellar keratoplasty in comparison with epikeratophakia and photorefractive keratectomy, Der Ophthalmologe: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 632-637. 1994

• Una nuova metodica di studio computerizzato dell’haze corneale conseguente a fotoablazione con laser ad eccimeri, La Nuova Stampa Medica Italiana, vol. 14, no. 1. 1994

• Histologische Untersuchungen eines lamellären Hornhautscheibchens 4 Monate nach Excimerlaserablation, 8. Kongreß der Deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Intraokularlinsen Implantation (capitolo di libro / book chapter by Springer), pp. 569-573. 1994

• Corneal Sensitivity after Refractive Surgery, Ohthalmic Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 178. 1995

• Mini Cheratotomia Radiale Asimmetrica (Mini ARK) per la correzione chirurgica del cheratocono in fase iniziale, nell’ipermetropia e nelle miopie lievi, Esperienze, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 21-24. 1997

• Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy for the Correction of Keratoconus, Journal of Refractive Surgery, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 302-307. 1997

• Refractive Changes Following CXL, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 33-38. 2009

• Corneal Collagen Cross-linking in a Prepubescent 10-Year-Old Girl with Aggressive Keratoconus, International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Corneal Diseases, vol. 4, no. 2, 63-65. 2015

• Surgical Correction of an Inverse Astigmatic Keratotomy following Penetrating Keratoplasty in a Patient with Keratoconus, International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Corneal Diseases, vol. 4, no. 3, 107-109. 2015

• Combined Corneal Collagen Cross-linking and Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy for the Treatment of Keratoconus, Acta Medica International, vol. 3, no. 1, 63-68. 2016

• Il cheratocono tra presente e futuro, 360 gradi in Oftalmologia, vol. 2, no. 5, 5-8. 2016

• Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy and Corneal Cross-linking for the Treatment of a Bilateral Stage IV Keratoconus in a 14-year-old Child, Medical Archives, vol. 71, no. 1, 69-71. 2017

• Corneal cross-linking in a 10-year-old child with stage III keratoconus, Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 8, no. 2, 174-177. 2017

• Peripheral Corneal Cross-linking (P-CXL) as a treatment for an ultrathin cornea with stage IV keratoconus: a new technique, Italian Review of Ophthalmology, vol. 3, no. 2, 97-103. 2017

• Peripheral corneal cross-linking (P-CXL) for ultrathin corneas with severe keratoconus: a new technique, Vestnik Oftalmologii, vol. 133, no. 4, 65-67. 2017

• Italia e Australia: oftalmologie che collaborano, 360 gradi in Oftalmologia, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 18-19. 2018

• ESCRS 2018: conferme e novità da Vienna, 360 gradi in Oftalmologia, vol. 4, no. 9, p. 50. 2018

• Long-term results of Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy for the Treatment of Keratoconus, International Journal of Keratoconus  and Ectatic Corneal Diseases, vol. 7, no 2, 105-109- 2018

• Long-term Results of Mini Asymmetric Radial Keratotomy and Corneal Cross-linking for the Treatment of Keratoconus, Korean Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 189-195. 2019

 

• Five-year corneal cross-linking outcomes: A Save Sight Keratoconus Registry study, Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ceo.14177, pp. 1-21. 2022 [OPEN ACCESS]

 
 

• Comparison of standard versus accelerated corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus: 5-year outcomes from the Save Sight Keratoconus Registry, Eye, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02641-6, pp. 1-8. [OPEN ACCESS]. 2023

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International congresses in which Dr. Abbondanza’s research was discussed
Moscow (URSS ) 1990
Rome (Italy) 1994
Minneapolis (USA) 1995
Cape Town (South Africa) 1995
Atlanta (USA) 1995
Chicago (USA) 1996
La Habana (Cuba) 1996
Orlando (USA) 1997
New Orleans (USA) 1998
L’Aquila (Italy) 2000 SITRAC congress (Italian Society of Corneal Transplantation)
Sydney (Australia) 2017. Conference at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on recent advances in ophthalmology
Vancouver (Canada) 2019. ARVO congress, research in cooperation with Australian and Swiss colleagues
Paris (France) 2019. ESCRS congress, research in cooperation with Australian colleagues
Baltimore (USA) 2020. ARVO congress, 3 research works in cooperation with Australian, New Zealand, and Spanish colleagues
Amsterdam (The Netherlands + online) 2021: EUCornea congress, with Australian and Spanish colleagues
Amsterdam (The Netherlands + online) 2021: ESCRS congress, with Australian and Spanish colleagues
Online 2021: APAO congress, with Australian and Spanish colleagues
Milan (Italy) 2022: ESCRS congress, with Australian and Spanish colleagues
Vienna (Austria) 2023: ESCRS congress, with Australiani, Spanish, and French colleagues
New Orleans (USA) 2023: ARVO congress, with Australian and Spanish colleagues
Sydney (Australia) 2023: RANZCO congress, with Australian, New Zealand, and French colleagues
Bali (Indonesia) 2024: APAO congress, with Australian colleagues
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 2024: the world’s 1st World Keratoconus Congress. Research made by the Abbondanza Eye Centres
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Dr. Marco Abbondanza, Italian ophthalmologist and eye surgeon, is a member of the following professional and scientific organizations:
A.P.I.M.O. Italian Professional Association of Ophthalmologists
S.O.I. Italian Ophthalmologic Association
I.S.R.S. International Society of Refractive Surgery
A.S.C.R.S. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
E.S.C.R.S. European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
A.A.O. American Academy of Ophthalmology
A.S.O.C. Autocertificazione Studi Oculistici in Community

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