Pay-for-Performance programs have shown improvement in indicators monitoring adequacy and target achievement in diabetic care. However, less is known regarding the impact of this program on the occurrence and long-term effects of diabetic retinopathy. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of pay-for-performance program on the development of treatment needed for...
. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Yu-Yen Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Dachen Chu, Pesus Chou. Formal analysis: Yu-Yen Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Pesus Chou. Investigation: Yu-Yen Chen ... . Methodology: Yu-Yen Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Dachen Chu, Pesus Chou. Validation: Yu-Yen Chen, Shwu-Jiuan Sheu, Hsiao-Yun Hu, Dachen Chu, Pesus Chou. Writing ± original draft: Yu-Yen Chen, Pesus Chou
Dashed line relaxing retinotomy in the management of retinal detachment with anterior proliferative vitreoretinopathy Chui-Lien Tsen,1 Yu-Harn Horng,1 Shwu-Jiuan Sheu1,2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Background: We describe the anatomical and functional...
Treatment patterns in diabetic macular edema in Taiwan: a retrospective chart review Shwu-Jiuan Sheu,1,2 Cheng-Kuo Cheng,3,4 Hsi-Kung Kuo,5 Ching-Yao Tsai,2,6 Tai-Chi Lin,2,7 Jonathan Tan,8 Hitesh ... prior to study initiation: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (Shwu-Jiuan Sheu), Shin-Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital (Cheng-Kuo Cheng), Chang Gung Medical Foundation (Hsi-Kung Kuo), Taipei City Hospital
AIM: To assess the effectiveness and safety of ranibizumab 0.5 mg in Taiwanese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) by performing a retrospective exploratory subgroup analysis of the REAL study. METHODS: REAL was a 12-month, observational, prospective, non-interventional phase IV post-marketing surveillance study conducted at 9 centers in Taiwan. The study...
Indocyanine green (ICG) and brilliant blue G (BBG) are commonly used vital dyes to remove internal limiting membrane (ILM) in vitreoretinal surgery. The vital dyes have shown cytotoxic effects in ocular cells. Autophagy is a stress responsive pathway for either protecting cells or promoting cell death. However, the role of autophagy in ocular cells in response to the vital dyes...
Background Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) are both autoimmune disorders targeting melanin-bearing cells, even though their etiologies are different. Both shared many ocular and systemic manifestations, including integumentary findings. Most of the literature focused on the ocular manifestations and related treatment. Alopecia was seldom...
Subconjunctival injection is a minimally invasive route for gene delivery to ocular tissues, but has traditionally been limited to use in the cornea. The accurate ocular distribution of virus has not, however, been previously investigated. Adenovirus is an attractive gene vector as it can deliver large genes and allow for short-term gene expression, but how safe it is when...