Salute – Alfonso Lisi of the Lisi & Bartolomei center – In Viterbo the first national summit with researchers, pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists to discuss the most widespread vision defect in the world – PHOTO
by Daniele Camilli
Viterbo – “In 2050, 50% of the world population will be short-sighted. The data are from the World Health Organization (WHO) “. The summit is instead that of the Hotel Salus where Alfonso Lisi and Daniele Petrini, respectively at the helm of the optical centers Lisi & Bartolomei in Viterbo and Vision Optika in Rome, organized an international meeting in Viterbo dedicated to myopia: correction, slowing of progression and prevention. 10-11 June. Yesterday morning, again at the Salus, the presentation press conference with Lisi and Enrico Zonghi, director of the Ophthalmology UOC at the ASL of Viterbo.
A summit where for the first time in Italy researchers, pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists discuss the topic of myopia.
Viterbo – Alfonso Lisi
“The data available – said Lisi – are different in the world. In Asia, for example, it is devastating. A 2019 research carried out in Taiwan on children under 18, showed that 93% of them are short-sighted. The WHO has declared that 50% of the world‘s population will be short-sighted in 2050. Finally, in Italy the percentage of myopia covers 30% of the population, the same European figure, except for England where myopia is at 36%. Tuscia in turn should reflect the national dynamic “.
A progression, that of myopia, which has very specific causes. One above all: a life spent in front of a screen. From cell phone to that of a computer. The Western way of life. “So much so – Alfonso Lisi specifies – that the continent with the lowest concentration of myopia is Africa”.
Viterbo – The summit on myopia at the Hotel Salus
“The prevention and correction of myopia and the slowing of its progression – explains Zonghi – are among the main visual problems in today’s increasingly digitalized world, accentuated by the new habits developed after more than two years of pandemic”. Pandemic which in turn could have accentuated the problem.
Two days of international scope. In Viterbo. Authors of important clinical studies, Italian pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists, together to continue to ensure the best technologies and the most effective treatments for the control of myopic progression in young patients. A summit during which the most significant procedures that have allowed us to obtain the best results are presented. From prescription to application to patient management.
Viterbo – Enrico Zonghi
“Myopia is now a widespread problem all over the world with differences in prevalence – says Massimiliano Serafino, ophthalmologist at Irccs Giannina Gaslini in Genoa and one of the panelists of the two days -. The ocular pathologies associated with myopia are various and the goal of reducing its progression is now necessary and no longer negligible “.
Myopia is the most common vision defect in the world. In myopia, the observed image is not focused on the retina, but converges in front of it. This results in a blurred and distorted view of what is observed in the distance. The ability to see closely, on the contrary, could instead be good “.
At the Hotel Salus there are three rooms dedicated to exhibitors with the necessary information to be able to move and deal with the problem of myopia. In addition, the auditorium of the Hotel dedicated to 4 sessions of study and comparison that will end today at lunchtime.
Viterbo – The summit on myopia at the Hotel Salus
In addition to Serafino, during the two days Enrico Zonghi, director of the Ophthalmology UOC at the ASL of Viterbo, Paolo Nucci, full professor of Ophthalmology at the State University of Milan and director of the university eye clinic of the San hospital will also speak. Giuseppe di Milano, Luca Buzzonetti, director of ophthalmology at the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital, Stanislao Rizzo, full professor of ophthalmology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and UOC director of ophthalmology foundation Policlinico Gemelli Irccs in Rome, and Pasquale Troiano, director of ophthalmology at the Fatebenefratelli hospital Holy family of Erba.
Viterbo – Enrico Zonghi and Alfonso Lisi
The interventions of other illustrious guests, such as researchers Carly Lam, Bjorn Drobe, Guillaume Giraudet and Qi Hua, will finally be accompanied by extensive discussions and a window on the final consumer, parents and young patients, with web questions coordinated by the host. Elisabetta Ferracini.
Daniele Camilli
June 11, 2022