BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the complications of a sub-Tenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide in patients with uveitis. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of uveitis cases treated from 1999 to 2003 in Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Thirty patients (45 eyes), who received a sub-Tenon injection of 0.5 ml of a triamcinolone acetonide suspension ...

PURPOSE Filtration failure due to excessive postoperative scarring remains a major problem after glaucoma surgery. The authors have investigated whether glaucoma and filtration surgery are associated with increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and whether a humanized monoclonal antibody against VEGF, bevacizumab, can reduce postoperative scar formation and improve surgic...

in this study, compressed poplar wood was used to improve the strengths of wooden chairs. these chairs were compared to chairs made from uncompressed poplar wood. wooden chairs were assembled with two types of traditional joints including mortise and tenon and wooden pins joints. the ultimate force was applied from the front to the back of the seat, were recorded according to american library a...

Purpose. This study was to determine the effect of CTGF-small interfering RNA (siRNA) on TGF- β 2-induced proliferation in human Tenon capsule fibroblasts (HTFs). Methods. HTFs were transfected with four of CTGF-siRNAs separately for screening of gene silencing efficacy that was determined by transcript level measured by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Recombinant TGF- β 2 was added into ...

The vibration dissipation mechanism of the rotating blade with a dovetail joint is studied in this paper. Dry friction damping plays an indispensable role direction reduction. level reduced by consuming total energy turbine dry device on blade-root reduction revealed variation force and ratio friction. In paper, flexible interface feature discretized using spatial beam element based finite theo...

PURPOSE The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate whether contact optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows visualization of the effects of cyclophotocoagulation. METHODS In this pilot study, transscleral contact OCT images (1310-nm wavelength) were generated prior to and immediately after conventional transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in three eyes of three patients who were s...

The placement of a motility coupling post (MCP) to integrate the prosthesis with a porous orbital implant may enhance prosthetic motility following enucleation. Previously, MCP placement has required a second operation usually at least 6 months following enucleation. We developed a technique to place an MCP reliably and safely into a porous orbital implant at the time of enucleation. Eligibilit...

s of Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society 2005 Clinical characteristics of intermittent exotropia in Hong Kong Flora HS Lau, C Yu, Dorothy Fan, Yip, Dennis SC Lam Hong Kong Eye Hospital Purpose: To describe the clinical characteristics of patients with intermittent exotropia at Hong Kong Eye Hospital. Methods: Prospective case series of 129 patients with diagnosis...