Publications by authors named "T M Chiang"
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief in response to article "Early Surgery Versus Exercise Therapy and Patient Education for Traumatic and Nontraumatic Meniscal Tears in Young Adults-an Exploratory Analysis From the DREAM Trial" by Damsted et al. .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study investigates the complex relationship between body mass index (BMI) and bladder cancer outcomes, utilizing Taiwan's national database. Bladder cancer remains a significant health concern, especially in Taiwan, prompting a comprehensive retrospective analysis to explore the impact of obesity on survival outcomes.
Materials And Methods: A meticulous exclusion process, based on Taiwan National Health Insurance System Database, refined the initial dataset of 15,086 bladder cancer patients to 10,352.
Article Synopsis
- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can negatively affect eye health, leading to conditions like dry eye disease (DED).
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the main treatment for OSA, but it can also cause issues that worsen DED due to mask side effects.
- This study found that OSA patients generally have worse dry eye symptoms than non-OSA patients, and using CPAP for at least a year improves dry eye conditions more effectively than shorter durations.
Evaluating utility of allergy testing in management of nasal obstruction following inferior turbinate reduction.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a prevalent chronic condition in children, often leading to nasal obstruction caused by inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH), which may require inferior turbinate reduction (ITR) surgery.
- The study reviewed data from 297 pediatric patients who underwent ITR in 2015, finding that 20.9% experienced recurrent nasal obstruction and 5.4% needed revision surgery afterward.
- Allergy testing was performed on about 37.7% of the patients, revealing no significant differences in recurrence or revision rates between those with positive and negative allergy test results.
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed how well contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) works with CT or MRI imaging to improve outcomes of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for liver cancer tumors that are hard to see on regular ultrasound.
- It involved comparing two patient groups: those with tumors visible on ultrasound (USC) and those whose tumors were not (USI), focusing on the traits and treatment effects of their liver tumors.
- The findings showed that while CEUS was more effective at showing details of the tumors, the success rates and survival outcomes for RFA were similar for both groups, indicating that CEUS is a reliable tool for RFA treatment in hard-to-detect liver cancer cases.