Oral and inhalation bioaccessibility of mercury in contaminated soils and potential health risk to the kidneys and neurodevelopment of children in Taiwan.

Health risk assessments of exposure to mercury (Hg) from soils via ingestion and inhalation are indispensable for Taiwanese people living in the vicinity of Hg-contaminated sites. In this study, anthropogenic soils were collected from various polluted sources in Taiwan. In vitro oral and inhalation bioaccessible fractions of Hg were analyzed to avoid from overestimating the exposure risk.

Efficacy and Safety of 6-Weekly versus 12-Weekly Intravenous Methylprednisolone in Moderate-to-Severe Active Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of 6-weekly and 12-weekly intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) regimens in moderate-to-severe, active thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO) patients.

Basic Procedures: Retrospective comparative study of patients who received IVMP between January 2011 and July 2021 at the Thyroid Eye Clinic, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Outcome measures included the 7-item clinical activity score (CAS), exophthalmos, extraocular muscle motility (EOMy), marginal reflex distance (MRD), best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), the requirement of additional treatment, and complications.

Mohs Surgery for Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma Without a Mohs Surgeon: The First Series in Hong Kong.

Unlabelled: Purpose To report the first series of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) in Hong Kong, where the roles of a Mohs surgeon were shared and coordinated by a "mobile" surgeon.

Methods Design: Prospective non-comparative interventional case series.

Subjects: 20 consecutive Chinese patients (10 male, age 78.

Prospective Randomized Comparative Study of the Effect of Pupil Dilation or Miosis in Intraocular Lens Pupillary Capture After Combined Phacoemulsification and Vitrectomy With Intraocular Tamponade.

Purpose: The objective of the study was to compare the safety and efficacy of postoperative pharmacological pupil dilation, miosis, and alternate-day pupil dilation and miosis after combined phacoemulsification (phaco), intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with intraocular tamponade.

Design: This was a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial.

Methods: Patients who were indicated for phaco with IOL implantation, PPV, and intraocular tamponade were randomly assigned into 3 different groups: (1) pupil dilation using 4% homatropine (dilation group), (2) pupil miosis using 1% pilocarpine (miosis group), and (3) alternate-day pupil miosis and dilation starting with 1% pilocarpine on the first day postoperatively and switched to 4% homatropine thereafter on alternate days (alternate-day group).

Combined high-dose sub-tenon triamcinolone, intravitreal bevacizumab, and laser photocoagulation for refractory diabetic macular edema: a pilot study.

Purpose: To study the efficacy and safety of triple therapy (sub-Tenon triamcinolone [∼70 mg], intravitreal bevacizumab [1.25 mg], and focal/grid laser) for refractory diabetic macular edema.

Method: Twenty-nine eyes of 29 patients who received triple therapy were monitored for central foveal thickness, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), and side effects over a 1-year period.

Central serous chorioretinopathy after sequential argon-neodymium: YAG laser iridotomies.

Laser peripheral iridotomy is the standard treatment for acute angle-closure glaucoma. A patient with acute angle-closure glaucoma who developed central serous chorioretinopathy after uneventful laser iridotomies is described. Central serous chorioretinopathy occurring after sequential argon-neodymium:YAG laser peripheral iridotomy is a novel complication in the English literature and is related to the stress induced by both the initial disease and the subsequent procedure, particularly in psychologically susceptible individuals.

Efficacy of 1.25 MG versus 2.5 MG intravitreal bevacizumab for diabetic macular edema: six-month results of a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of intravitreal injections of two different dosages of bevacizumab (Avastin) for treating diffuse diabetic macular edema.

Methods: Fifty-two eyes of 52 patients with diabetic macular edema were randomized to receive three monthly intravitreal injections of 1.25 mg or 2.

Central retinal vein occlusion associated with clomiphene-induced ovulation.

Objective: To report a case of central retinal vein occlusion associated with clomiphene citrate (CC).

Design: Case study.

Setting: Ophthalmology clinic of an academic hospital.

Retrocapsular lens matter in uneventful phacoemulsification: does it really exist?

Purpose: To have the first cytopathological evaluation of any lens matter fragments within retrocapsular anterior vitreous in those patients undergone uneventful phacoemulsification in Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Methods: Thirty patients with cataracts and various vitreoretinal conditions that required combined surgery were recruited. After the uneventful clear corneal phacoemulsification, three sclerotomies including infusion port were created with cautions against any inadvertent leakage of vitreal content.

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Mycobacterium chelonae coinfection of the extraocular scleral buckle explant.

Purpose: To report a very unusual form of coinfection of the extraocular scleral buckle explant by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Mycobacterium chelonae.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods And Results: A 61-year-old man had infected buckle after uneventful retinal reattachment surgery.