[Observation on surgical results of complicated cataract in patients with uveitis].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of surgical intervention of complicated cataract in patients with uveitis.

Methods: Fifty-one patients (69 eyes) with complicated cataract secondary to uveitis who had cataract surgery in Peking Union Medical College Hospital between January 2000 and August 2006 were retrospectively analyzed. Surgical procedures, visual outcome, postoperative recurrence of uveitis and complications were investigated.

[Cytomegalovirus retinitis associated with Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].

Objective: To investigate the fundus characteristics, systemic features and therapeutic outcomes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Methods: Fundus features, visual acuity, fundus fluorescence angiography (FFA) and CD4(+)T-lymphocyte counts of 15 eyes (8 patients) of CMV retinitis associated with AIDS were analyzed. The time of average follow-up was 16 months.

[Treatment of thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy: comparative study between prednisone and COP therapy].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of two therapies, high-dose prednisone and COP in the treatment of patients with active thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO).

Methods: According to severity and compliance, the patients admitted in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from August 2000 to July 2003 were divided into two groups. Thirteen patients with active TAO were treated with high-dose prednisone.

[Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome: glucocorticoid therapy and visual prognosis].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of glucocorticoid therapy in patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome.

Methods: One hundred and thirty-six patients with VKH were treated with two regimens of oral prednisone. Regimen 1: Fifty-one patients with VKH were treated at the uveitic stage with prednisone, starting from 2 mg/kg/day tapering gradually and shifting to alternate-day treatment.