Table 5
Visual acuity outcomes for both groups
| Snellen visual acuity | DACE n (%) |
CDAE n (%) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deterioration (⩽ 2 lines) | 7 (20.6) | 5 (10.9) | 0.13 |
| Stable (+/− 1 line) | 9 (26.5) | 15 (32.6) | 0.73 |
| Improvement (⩾ 2 lines) | 18 (52.9) | 26 (56.5) | 0.93 |
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↵χ2 test with Yates’s continuity correction.
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In the DACE group, the 7 cases of deterioration in visual acuity included 4 cases of failed primary surgery, 2 cases of postoperative lens opacity, and 1 case of bacterial endophthalmitis. In the CDAE group, the 5 cases of deterioration in visual acuity included 2 cases of failed primary surgery, 2 cases of postoperative lens opacity, and 1 case of intraocular haemorrhage.
