Despite the increasing longevity of the worldwide population, the elderly is a group of individuals commonly faced with increased morbidities that would have necessitated them receiving surgical and non-surgical procedures with anaesthesia. However,...
The webinar on the therapy in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) titled “The Pathway to Excellence: New Product Launch” was successfully held on 29 th March 2022. By pointing out several real-world experience in managing GIST, Dr. Ge...
The world has been living with COVID-19 for almost two years and a half. Hong Kong went through waves of outbreak and the goal is still not vividly visible for the time being, especially the storm of Omicron variant has no sign of fading away. Even ...
Improved knowledge on age-related changes in each anatomical layer of the face has facilitated the advancement in facial rejuvenation strategies, including the use of dermal fillers and botulinum toxin. While collagen is a key structural component o...
The management of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) continues to be challenging though new therapeutics for the disease have been emerging in recent decades. Essentially, while decreased survival was observed in each extra line of ther...
The first season of the “Kidneys Talk”, a live channel organised by the Hong Kong Kidney Foundation (HKKF), with the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN) and the Hong Kong Association of Renal Nurses (HKARN) as the co-organisers, has b...
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) is a predominantly type 2 inflammation-mediated disease of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses. The disease is also associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms and negative impacts on health-re...
Currently, there is no treat-to-target framework to guide systemic treatment in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) exists. Hence, an international Steering Committee has developed recommendations, which covers guiding principles, ...
The Hong Kong Doctors Union (“HKDU”) has been aiming at fending the welfare and rights of local medical practitioners and serving as the bridge between our community and the medical profession since establishment in the 1960s. This year,...
With the growing number of patients receiving refractive lenticule extraction, such as small incision refractive lenticule extraction (SMILE), for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism, the number of discarded corneal stromal lenticules is...
Organ transplantation is the therapy of choice for end-stage organ failure. However, there is a constant shortage of life-saving grafts both globally and locally. Notably, the organ donation rate of Hong Kong is amongst the lowest in the world, wher...
Hepatitis B is a viral infection causing inflammation of the liver, whereas chronic hepatitis B infection can lead to serious outcomes including cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure. While universal infant vaccination against hepatitis B virus ...
