Orbital & Oculoplastic Surgery Fellowship Programme

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Prof YUEN Kwok Lai, Hunter

Director

Dr AU Ka Hong, Alvin

Faculty  

Dr CHONG Kam Lung, Kelvin

Faculty  

Dr CHIN Kar Yee, Joyce

Faculty  

Dr LEUNG Lai Chun, Bonnie

Faculty  

Dr LI Chi Lai

Faculty

Introduction

The Orbital & Oculoplastic (OOP) Surgery Service of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences operates at both the Hong Kong Eye Hospital and the Prince of Wales Hospital, the teaching hospitals of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We serve the populations living in Kowloon and the eastern region of the New Territories in Hong Kong, and are well attended by over 150 patients each week. OOP Fellows of the CUHK-HKEH-PWH International Ophthalmology Fellowship Programme will actively participate in all clinical services and we will provide in-depth study and comprehensive training in Oculoplastic and Orbital diseases. During the Fellowship, each Fellow are encourage to participate in various research projects. At the conclusion of the Fellowship, each Fellow should be confident in the diagnosis and treatment of common eyelid, lacrimal and orbital diseases.

Clinical Expertise

  1. Eyelid surgeries (ptosis, entropion and ectropion, eyelid tumor resection and reconstruction)
  2. Lacrimal surgeries (endoscopic DCR, Jones tubes placement, silicone tube intubation)
  3. Orbital surgeries (various orbitotomies, orbital biopsy and tumor removal, orbital decompression, endoscopic orbital deccompression, orbital fracture repair with implant)
  4. Socket surgeries (evisceration, enucleation, exenteration, orbital implant placement)
  5. Orbital vascular surgeries

Training / Clinical Attachment for Orbital & Oculoplastic Surgery

  • Hong Kong Eye Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital
  • At least 1 OOP Operating List per week at HKEH (Some of the operative sessions will take place at QEH)
  • At least 1 OOP Operating List per week at PWH
  • Operative sessions with other specialties (ENT, Plastic surgery, Maxillofacial surgery, Neurosurgery) at QEH or PWH
  • Grand Round – OOP teaching, case presentation, topic discussion, journal club
  • X ray meetings, combined Head and Neck Tumor Conference at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • Pathology teaching at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Surgical Procedures at Hong Kong Eye Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital

  • Eyelid surgeries including entropion and ectropion correction, various types of ptosis surgeries, blepharoplasties…etc.
  • Eyelid tumor biopsy and resection techniques.
  • Eyelid reconstruction techniques with the use of various flaps and grafts.
  • Lacrimal surgeries including syringing and probing, external or endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy, balloon dacryoplasty, Jones tube insertion…etc.
  • Socket surgeries including evisceration, enucleation, exenteration, orbital implant placement, socket reconstruction…etc.
  • Orbital Surgeries including anterior, medial, lateral, inferior orbitotmoies, orbital decompression..etc
  • Others (Repair of orbital fractures, repair of eyelid injuries, botox injection, nasal endoscopy)

Recent Representative Publications

  1. Cheung JJC, Esmaeli B, Lam SC, Kwok T, Yuen HKL. The practice patterns in the management of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid in the Asia Pacific region. Eye(Lond). 2019 Apr 5. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0432-0. PubMed PMID: 30952958.
  2. Chan TCY, Chow SSW, Wan KHN, Yuen HKL. Update on the association between dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction. Hong Kong Med J. 2019 Feb;25(1):38-47. doi: 10.12809/hkmj187331. Epub 2019 Jan 31. Review. PubMed PMID: 30713149.
  3. Lam SC, Li EYM, Yuen HKL. 14-year case series of eyelid sebaceous gland carcinoma in Chinese patients and review of management. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;102(12):1723-1727. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311533. Epub 2018 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 29459429.
  4. Mawn LA, Dolman PJ, Kazim M, Strianese D, Genol I, Chong KKL, Sullivan TJ, Korn BS, Naik M, Dutton J, Velasco E Cruz A, Li C. Soft Tissue Metrics in Thyroid Eye Disease: An International Thyroid Eye Disease Society Reliability Study. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Nov/Dec;34(6):544-546. (Impact Factor: 1.283) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29465482]
  5. Kwok T, Ali MJ, Yuen H. Preferred practice patterns in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy among oculoplastic surgeons in Asia-Pacific region. Orbit. 2018 Aug;37(4):248-253. doi: 10.1080/01676830.2017.1383480. Epub 2017 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 29039995.
  6. Lai THT, Lai FHP, Chan TCY, Young AL, Chong KKL. Lacrimal gland abscess in children: Two case reports and literature review. Orbit. 2017 Dec;36(6):468-472. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28820293]
  7. Li EY, Wong ES, Wong AC, Yuen HK. Primary vs Secondary Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy for Acute Dacryocystitis With Lacrimal Sac Abscess Formation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017 Dec 1;135(12):1361-1366. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4798. PubMed PMID: 29121183.
  8. Iao TWU, Rong SS, Ling AN, Brelén ME, Young AL, Chong KKL. Electrophysiological Studies in Thyroid Associated Orbitopathy: A Systematic Review. Sci Rep. 2017 Sep 21;7(1):12108. (Impact Factor: 4.122) [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28935968]
  9. Wong ES, Li EY, Yuen HK. Long-term outcomes of punch punctoplasty with Kelly punch and review of literature. Eye (Lond). 2017 Apr;31(4):560-565. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.271. Epub 2016 Dec 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 27911445; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5395998.
  10. Lam SC, Yuen HKL. Management of bilateral rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis. Hong Kong Med J. 2019 Oct;25(5):408-409.
  11. Lam SC, Yuen HKL. Medical and sclerosing agents in the treatment of orbital lymphatic malformations: what’s new? Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2019 Sep;30(5):380-385.
  12. Chan TCY, Chow SSW, Wan KHN, Yuen HKL. Update on the association between dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction. Hong Kong Med J. 2019 Feb;25(1):38-47.
  13. Lam SC, Yuen HKL. Unilateral Eyelid Swelling as a Sign of Antimelanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 (Anti-MDA5)-Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Nov/Dec;34(6):e209-e211.
  14. Lam SC, Li EYM, Yuen HKL. 14-year case series of eyelid sebaceous gland carcinoma in Chinese patients and review of management. Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Dec;102(12):1723-1727.
  15. Kwok T, Ali MJ, Yuen H. Preferred practice patterns in endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy among oculoplastic surgeons in Asia-Pacific region. Orbit. 2018 Aug;37(4):248-253.
  16. Chin J, Lam V, Chan R, Li CL, Yeung L, Law A, Young A, Yuen H, Ali MJ, Chong KKL. Comparative study of stenting and ostium packing in Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy for Primary Acquired Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction. Scientific Reports. 2020 Jan 8;10(1):46
  17. Kenneth KH Lai, Regine YC Chan, Joyce KY Chin, Kenneth KW Li, Alvin L Young, Hunter KL Yuen, Simon TC Ko, Kelvin KL Chong. Upper Cranial Nerve Involvement and Immunoglobulin G4–Related Optic Neuropathy. Ophthalmology. 2019 Nov 26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.11.015
  18. Janice J.C. Cheung, Bita Esmaeli, Stacey C. Lam, Tracy Kwok, Hunter K. L. Yuen. The practice patterns in the management of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid in the Asia Pacific region. Eye. 2019; 33:1433–1442.
  19. Chin J, Lam V, Chan R, Li CL, Yeung L, Law A, Young A, Yuen H, Ali MJ, Chong KKL#. Comparative study of stenting and ostium packing in Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy for Primary Acquired Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction. Scientific Reports. 2020 Jan 8;10(1):46
  20. Kenneth KH Lai, Regine YC Chan, Joyce KY Chin, Kenneth KW Li, Alvin L Young, Hunter KL Yuen, Simon TC Ko, Kelvin KL Chong#. Upper Cranial Nerve Involvement and Immunoglobulin G4–Related Optic Neuropathy. Ophthalmology. 2019 Nov 26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.11.015
  21. Kelvin Chong Kam-lung*, Wai Kit Chu. Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy (TAO). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2019; 60(9): 6205-6205
  22. Chong KKL#, Abdulla HA, Ali MJ. An Update on Endoscopic Mechanical and Powered Dacryocystorhinostomy in Acute Dacryocystitis and Lacrimal Abscess. Annals of Anatomy 2019 July. Journal impact factor: 2.241 in 2018; Journal Rank: 6/21 in ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY in 2018; Citation number: Nil from ISI Web of Knowledge
  23. Lai FH, Iao TW, Ng DS, Leung J, Au A, Ko ST, Young AL, Chong KKL#. Choroidal thickness in thyroid associated orbitopathy. Clinical & experimental ophthalmology.2019 Sep;47(7):918-924 (Journal impact factor: 3.812 in 2018; Journal Rank: 9/59 in OPHTHALMOLOGY in 2018; Citation number: 6 from ISI Web of Knowledge
  24. Wong JSC, Chu WK, Pang CP, Chong KKL#. Elevated Bone morphogenic protein 4 expression implicated in site-specific adipogenesis in Thyroid associated orbitopathy. Experimental Eye Research. 2019 Feb 2;181:185-189 (Journal impact factor: 2.998 in 2018; Journal Rank: 14/59 in OPHTHALMOLOGY in 2018; Citation number: 0 from ISI Web of Knowledge