Publications by authors named "Yit Chiun Yang"

Purpose: To investigate if cases of diabetic macular oedema (DMO) associated with serous macular detachment (SMD) have a different topographic profile of retinal thickening compared with DMO cases not associated with SMD.

Methods: Optical coherence tomography scans of 152 eyes from 152 patients with centre-involving DMO and central subfield thickness >350 µm were identified. Measurements were taken of the neural retina at the highest point of thickening within the central subfield (H) and lateral extent of retina thicker than 350 µm (W).

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Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly population. Verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) is significantly effective in preventing visual loss in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization caused by exudative AMD. This article reviews verteporfin PDT and discusses treatment and evolving appraisal guidance.

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