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Pei-Wen Lin,1– 3 Hsin-Ching Lin,2– 6 Chun-Tuan Chang,4 Meng-Chih Lin,2,3,7 Michael Friedman,8,9 Anna M Salapatas9 1Division of Glaucoma, Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2Sleep Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 3College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 4Institute of Healthcare Management, Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 5Institute of Biomedical Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 6Department of Otolaryngology, Robotic Surgery Center and Center for Quality Management, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 7Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 8Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Sleep Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 9Department of Otolaryngology, Advanced Center for Specialty Care, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USACorrespondence: Hsin-Ching Lin, Tel +886-7-7317123 ext.2533, Fax +886-7-7313855, Email hclin@adm.cgmh.org.tw; enthclin@aol.comPurpose: To compare peripapillary and macular vascular densities (PVDs and MVDs) between patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA) and control subjects with symptoms of sleep-related breathing disorders only by swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).Participants and Methods: In this prospective study, 192 participants underwent a full-night polysomnography to determine OSA severity and subsequently received OCTA measurements as well as AngioTool software analysis.Results: A total of 146 patients with OSA (51 mild, 43 moderate, 52 severe) and 24 control subjects (apnea/hypopnea index, AHI < 5) were enrolled. PVDs and MVDs in the superficial and choroidal layers were significantly different among the fo

Yao-Chi Chuang,1,2 Pei-Wen Lin,2– 4 Hsin-Ching Lin,2,4– 6 Chun-Tuan Chang,6 Michael Friedman,7,8 Anna M Salapatas,8 Chih-Yun Lin9 1Division of Urology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; 3Division of Glaucoma, Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 4Sleep Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 5Department of Otolaryngology, Robotic Surgery Center and Center for Quality Management, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 6Department of Business Management, Institute of Healthcare Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 7Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Sleep Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 8Department of Otolaryngology, Advanced Center for Specialty Care, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA; 9Biostatistics Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, TaiwanCorrespondence: Hsin-Ching Lin, Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep and Robotic Surgery Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung District, Kaohsiung City, 833, Taiwan, Tel +886-7-7317123 ext.2533, Fax +886-7-7313855, Email hclin@adm.cgmh.org.tw; enthclin@aol.comObjective: To determine the presence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in men with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA) and the effects of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for the treatment of OSA on these conditions.Materials and Methods: One hundred twenty-three patients with a diagnosis of OSA were prospectively enrolled. The evaluations of LUTS and OAB symptoms were based on self-administered questionnaires containing international prostate symptom score (IPSS) and OAB symptom score (OABSS), respectively. Men with an OABSS urgency score of ≥ 2 and sum score of ≥ 3 were considered to h

Pei-Wen Lin,1,2 Hsin-Ching Lin,2– 5 Chun-Tuan Chang,5 Michael Friedman,6,7 Anna M Salapatas,7 Meng-Chih Lin,2,8 Chih-Yun Lin9 1Division of Glaucoma, Department of Ophthalmology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 2Sleep Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; 3Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 4Robotic Surgery Center and Center for Quality Management, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; 5Department of Business Management, Institute of Healthcare Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan; 6Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Sleep Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago City, IL, USA; 7Department of Otolaryngology, Advanced Center for Specialty Care, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago City, IL, USA; 8Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan City, Taiwan; 9Biostatistics Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, TaiwanCorrespondence: Hsin-Ching Lin, Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung District, Kaohsiung City, 833, Taiwan, Tel +886-7-7317123 ext.2533, Fax +886-7-7313855, Email hclin@adm.cgmh.org.tw; enthclin@aol.comPurpose: Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA) results in repeated oxygen desaturation, repeated arousals, and episodic nocturnal activation of sympathetic nervous system during sleep. Untreated OSA is strongly associated with an increase of cardio- and cerebrovascular disorders, as well as the damages of ophthalmological microstructures. However, previous literature only simply studied the association be