Purpose:
To investigate the incidence and morphological biomarkers to predict the exudative conversion in eyes with type 1 nonexudative macular neovascularization using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography.
Methods:
Macular …
Purpose:
To analyze the outcomes of eyes treated for retinopathy of prematurity in posterior Zone I.
Methods:
In a part retrospective (9 years) and part prospective (1 year) interventional study, we analyzed eyes treated for retinopathy of prematurity in posterior Zone I with a minimum follow-up for 6 months.
Results:
This study included 109 eyes of 56 infants; mean gestational age and birth weights were 29.3 (±2.1) weeks and 1112.5 (±381.9) g, respectively. The treatment included intravitreal anti–vascular endothelial growth factor as the initial treatment modality in 101 eyes (92.6%), either alone (27 eyes) or combined with laser or vitreous surgery (73 eyes). Laser was the initial treatment modality in eight eyes, either alone (n = 3) or in combination with surgery (n = 5). With anti–vascular endothelial growth factor alone, 30.68% (n = 27) eyes responded favorably, and the remaining 69.32% (n = 59) eyes needed retreatment (laser in the majority). At the final follow-up, 89.9% (out of 109) of eyes did well anatomically. Good outcome was significantly linked to no detachment at presentation (P
Introduction:
To determine whether the two popular artificial intelligence chatbots, ChatGPT and Bard, can provide high-quality information concerning procedure description, risks, benefits, and alternatives of various ophthalmic surgeries.
Methods:
ChatGPT and Bard were prompted with questions pertaining to the description, potential risks, benefits, alternatives, and implications of not proceeding with various surgeries in different subspecialties of ophthalmology. Six common ophthalmic procedures were included in the authors’ analysis. Two comprehensive ophthalmologists and one subspecialist graded each response independently using a 5-point Likert scale.
Results:
Likert grading for accuracy was significantly higher for ChatGPT in comparison with Bard (4.5 ± 0.6 vs. 3.8 ± 0.8, P
Purpose:
To report the long-term clinical outcomes of transscleral four-point fixation of Akreos intraocular lens using a closed continuous-loop suture technique.
Methods:
This was a retrospective, multicenter, interventional case series. Primary outcome measures were best-corrected visual acuity, intraocular pressure, corneal endothelial cell density, and complications with a minimum of 1-year follow-up.
Results:
One hundred and ninety-two eyes of 177 patients from two surgical hospital sites were identified. The mean best-corrected visual acuity improved from 0.88 ± 0.74 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen 20/152) preoperatively to 0.42 ± 0.52 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen 20/53) postoperatively (P
Purpose:
Serine (Ser) and glycine (Gly) levels were reported to differ between patients with macular telangiectasia type 2 (MacTel) compared with healthy controls. Because they are closely related to methylation metabolism, this report investigates…
Purpose:
To observe the diagnostic value of multispectral fundus imaging (MSI) in hypertensive retinopathy (HR).
Methods:
A total of 100 patients with HR were enrolled in this cross-sectional study, and all participants received fundus photo…
Purpose:
To assess the impact of bilateral vision status on vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) in patients with Type 2 diabetes in a Chinese cohort.
Methods:
Patients with presenting visual acuity (PVA) and VR-QOL data from the Fushun Diabetic Retinopathy Cohort Study were included. Vision-related quality of life was assessed using the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire-25. Monocular PVA (Snellen) was categorized into three levels for both the better-seeing eye and worse-seeing eye: 1) high PVA (H, > 6/18); 2) moderate PVA (M, 6/18–6/60); and 3) low PVA (L,
Purpose:
The intraocular lens blocking technique described for the removal of intraocular foreign bodies emerged as a result of an effort to prevent the foreign body from being retracted into the posterior segment because of the resistance encounte…