Publications by authors named "Min-Lun Kao"
Background: To perform a safety and efficacy study of subthreshold transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in Chinese patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathologic myopia.
Methods: In a prospective study, patients with subfoveal or juxtafoveal CNV secondary to high myopia underwent subthreholdTTT with fixed treatment and follow-up protocols. From October 2002 to July 2005, 12 and 24 months of follow up were completed for 21 eyes and 13 eyes respectively.
Purpose: To perform a safety and efficacy study of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) in Chinese patients with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (ARMD).
Methods: In a prospective study, patients with subfoveal or juxtafoveal CNV secondary to ARMD underwent TTT with fixed treatment and follow-up protocols. From August 2002 to December 2004, 26 patients (27 eyes) completed > or =6 months of follow-up and were included in this report.
Background: To evaluate the efficacy of treating a dense submacular hemorrhage with pneumatic displacement with or without tissue plasminogen activator (tPA).
Methods: Twenty-four patients with a dense submacular hemorrhage were treated with intravitreal expansile gas, with or without an intravitreal injection of tPA, in order to displace the submacular blood. The main outcome measurements include preoperative and postoperative visual acuity, postoperative fluorescein angiography (FAG) results and additional postoperative treatments.
Background: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the cause of lens dislocation and visual outcomes with complications in patients undergoing trans pars plana vitrectomy (TPPV) and trans pars plana lensectomy (TPPL) for lens dislocation.
Methods: This retrospective study was carried out from July 1995 through November 2003. After excluding patients with previous retinal detachment or combing lens dislocation and post-TPPV/TPPL follow-up intervals of less than 6 months, 36 eyes from 36 patients who had undergone vitrectomy and lensectomy for lens subluxation or dislocation due to trauma or intraocular surgery were examined.
Background: In this paper we attempt to describe the clinical features, visual outcomes, and surgical results of patients with acute retinal necrosis (ARN) syndrome and elucidate the risk factors for a poor prognosis. We also review the methods of treatment.
Methods: This was a retrospective, noncomparative, observational study of patients diagnosed with ARN syndrome.
Background: We attempted to review the clinical and fundus findings in patients with malignant hypertension (MHT).
Methods: Charts and fundus photographs of patients with malignant hypertensive retinopathy from 1995 to 2000 were retrospectively reviewed. Data of patients were included when their color fundus photographs revealed findings suggestive of malignant hypertension (MHT).
Background: A preference for the primary use of standard gas tamponade or a vitrectomy combined with other adjuvant measures to treat myopic eyes with macular holes (MHs) and retinal detachment (RD) has not been established. This article evaluates postoperative outcomes of both surgeries, and recommends a surgical method based on the findings.
Methods: We reviewed the records of 61 patients (62 eyes) with high myopia (> -6.
Background: To describe the clinical features, visual outcomes, and therapeutic complications of patients with retinal capillary hemangiomas.
Methods: A retrospective, non-comparative, observational case study of patients diagnosed with retinal capillary hemangiomas was conducted. Twelve patients (13 eyes) at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital of Kaohsiung from July 1987 to June 2001 were reviewed.