Evaluation of a novel deep learning based screening system for pathologic myopia.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical application value of the artificial intelligence assisted pathologic myopia (PM-AI) diagnosis model based on deep learning.

Methods: A total of 1156 readable color fundus photographs were collected and annotated based on the diagnostic criteria of Meta-pathologic myopia (PM) (2015). The PM-AI system and four eye doctors (retinal specialists 1 and 2, and ophthalmologists 1 and 2) independently evaluated the color fundus photographs to determine whether they were indicative of PM or not and the presence of myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV).

Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the aging transformation scale for older adults with dementia.

Background: The key part of home care services is the assessment of the needs of the home environment for older adults with dementia. The present study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly adapted Chinese version of an instrument designed to measure aging transformation needs among older adults with dementia.

Methods: A sample of 175 older adults with dementia was selected from ten communities in China.

One-year follow-up evaluation of combined phacovitrectomy for idiopathic epiretinal membrane.

Aim: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of combined phacovitrectomy with membrane peeling and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in patients with severe idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM) and concurrent cataract.

Methods: A total of 34 eyes from 34 patients who underwent phacovitrectomy and epiretinal membrane (ERM) peeling at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University between 2015 and 2017. The best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central foveal thickness (CFT) were measured preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6mo and 1y postoperatively.

A review of combined phacoemulsification and endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation: efficacy and safety.

As cataract occurs frequently in patients with glaucoma, combining phacoemulsification and endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation has been gaining attention recently due to its minimally invasive nature. A variety of studies had evaluated the efficacy and safety of this procedure and had shown extremely promising results. This review article has shown here that combined phacoemulsification and endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation procedure could effectively reduce intraocular pressure in medically uncontrolled glaucoma patients while avoiding serious complications associated with traditional cyclophotocoagulation procedure and adverse effects related to filtering surgery such as trabeculectomy.

Association of the polymorphism Y402H in the CFH gene with response to anti-VEGF treatment in age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

To explore whether the complement factor H (CFH) polymorphism rs1061170/Y402H is associated with responsiveness to antivascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We reviewed the English literature to examine the association between the polymorphism rs1061170/Y402H of the CFH gene and responsiveness to treatment with anti-VEGF drugs in AMD patients. A meta-analysis of eligible studies was also performed.