Use of mobile app to enhance functional outcomes and adherence of home-based rehabilitation program for elderly with hip fracture: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Mobile app has been used to improve exercise adherence and outcomes in populations with different health conditions. However, the effectiveness of mobile app in delivering home-based rehabilitation program to elderly patients with hip fracture is unclear.

Objective: The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of mobile app in delivering home-based rehabilitation program for improving functional outcomes and reducing caregiver stress with enhancing adherence among the elderly patients with hip fracture.

Single or double? A comparison of evisceration techniques.

Purpose: We compared the rates of implant exposure and extrusion after evisceration with single and double scleral closure techniques.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent evisceration with an implant insertion over the past 18 years at Tung Wah Eastern Hospital and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital. Clinical documents and operation records were reviewed.

Can hemifacial spasm lead to glaucomatous changes?

Purpose: To evaluate the association between hemifacial spasm (HFS) patients and glaucoma as a function of the Botox dosage required.

Methods: A retrospective review of clinical documents and procedure records.

Results: Information of 76 consecutive patients (58 females) with HFS who received Botox treatment were reviewed.

Aesthetic assessment in periciliary "v-incision" versus conventional external dacryocystorhinostomy in Asians.

Purpose: To determine the functional and aesthetic outcomes of periciliary "v-incision" external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and to compare with conventional approach.

Method: Charts review of consecutive cases of "v-incision" (VDCR) or conventional DCR performed in a single institute, between January 2007 and March 2014. All procedures were performed or supervised by a single surgeon.

Angle-recession glaucoma: long-term clinical outcomes over a 10-year period in traumatic microhyphema.

This study aims to determine the incidence of angle recession and glaucoma after traumatic microhyphema. Records of all patients treated for traumatic hyphema or microhyphema admitted to a district hospital throughout a 10-year period were retrospectively reviewed. Patients with open-globe injury were excluded.

Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk factors in Hong Kong professional drivers.

Aims: To investigate the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular risk factors among professional drivers in Hong Kong.

Methods: Chinese professional drivers with no history of DM were invited to complete a questionnaire on their health status, followed by taking their body measurements, fasting blood glucose (FG) and lipids. 75g OGTT were performed when FG≥5.

Combined phacoemulsification and nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy in the treatment of chronic angle-closure glaucoma with cataract.

Purpose: To review the result of nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy (NPDS) combined with phacoemulsification in the treatment of chronic angle-closure glaucoma (CACG) with coexisting cataract.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 29 eyes of 26 patients who had undergone combined NPDS and phacoemulsification for cataract and CACG between January 2001 and June 2003. The visual acuity, intraocular pressure (IOP), and complications were analyzed.