Publications by authors named "Fang Fang Bao"

: To investigate the treatment effects of botulinum toxin-A (BTA) injection and acupuncture on blepharospasm (BP) evaluated by the change in lower eyelid tension (LET). : A series of 30 patients (male: 8, female: 22) aged between 37 and 83 years (63.80 ± 10.

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Aim: To investigate the effect of long-term use of topically administered latanoprost on conjunctival thickness (CT) and conjunctival epithelium thickness (CET) in the patients with glaucoma.

Methods: A series of 106 glaucomatous patients were included. Of the 106 eyes, 55 eyes were treated with latanoprost eye drops once a day (latanoprost group), while 51 eyes were treated with carteolol hydrochloride eye drops (carteolol group).

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Objective: To measure the palpebral conjunctival epithelium thickness in young adults with optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Methods: A Cirrus HD-OCT 4000 system was used to image the superior palpebral conjunctival with the Anterior Segment 5 Line Raster scanning protocol at the central region in 36 male and 26 female subjects aged between 20 and 30 years of age with normal, healthy eyes. The palpebral conjunctival epithelium thickness was measured according to the difference in brightness on OCT between the epithelium and its underlying substantia propria.

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