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Preoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were collected. Five novel models (I, II, III, IV, and V) were proposed to predict postoperative BCVA. The dataset was randomly divided into a training (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091,231), validation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009410), and test set (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009410). The performance of the models in predicting exact postoperative BCVA was evaluated using mean absolute error (MAE) and root mean square error (RMSE). The performance of the models in predicting whether postoperative BCVA was improved by at least two lines in the visual chart (0.2LogMAR) was evaluated using precision, sensitivity, accuracy, F1 and area under curve (AUC).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Model V containing preoperative OCT images with horizontal and vertical B-scans, macular morphological feature indices, and preoperative BCVA had a better performance in predicting postoperative VA, with the lowest MAE (0.1250 and 0.1194LogMAR) and RMSE (0.2284 and 0.2362LogMAR), and the highest precision (90.7% and 91.7%), sensitivity (93.4% and 93.8%), accuracy (88% and 89%), F1 (92% and 92.7%) and AUCs (0.856 and 0.854) in the validation and test datasets, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The model had a good performance in predicting postoperative VA, when the input information contained preoperative OCT scans, macular morphological feature indices, and preoperative BCVA. 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