Table 3
Comparison of the group of patients with in the bag IOL with the group of patients with ciliary sulcus IOL. Visual acuity, astigmatism, videokeratoscopic measurements, intraocular pressure, graft thickness, and endothelial cell density were measured excluding patients with graft failure
| Bag group (n=23) | Sulcus group (n=13) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two year graft survival estimate (%) | 82.6 | 64.5 | 0.17 (NS) |
| Spectacle corrected visual acuity at 12 months (mean (SD)) | 0.46 (0.21) | 0.29 (0.08) | 0.04 |
| Spherical equivalent (D) at 12 months (mean (SD)) | −2.7 (3.5) | −4.1 (3.0) | 0.31 (NS) |
| Spectacle corrected visual acuity at 18 months (mean (SD)) | 0.50 (0.28) | 0.26 (0.11) | 0.15 (NS) |
| Subjective astigmatism (D) at 12 months (mean (SD)) | 3.83 (1.77) | 4.21 (2.36) | 0.64 (NS) |
| Subjective astigmatism (D) at 18 months (mean (SD)) | 3.50 (1.73) | 3.60 (0.55) | 0.77 (NS) |
| Videokeratoscopic astigmatism (D) (mean (SD)) | 4.47 (3.07) | 6.06 (4.35) | 0.73 (NS) |
| Predicted corneal acuity (mean (SD)) | 0.98 (0.63) | 0.98 (0.90) | 0.83 (NS) |
| Refractive power symmetry index (D) (mean (SD)) | 1.91 (1.08) | 3.57 (0.45) | 0.23 (NS) |
| Effective refractive power (D) (mean (SD)) | 45.28 (2.52) | 47.18 (2.26) | 0.31 (NS) |
| Postoperative maximum IOP (mm Hg) (mean (SD)) | 18.1 (5.9) | 25.6 (13.3) | 0.06 (NS) |
| Postoperative graft thickness (μm) at 12 months (mean (SD)) | 548 (44) | 560 (60) | 0.58 (NS) |
| Postoperative graft thickness (μm) at 18 months(mean (SD)) | 552 (27) | 650 (29) | 0.04 |
| Postoperative endothelial cell density (cells/mm2) (mean (SD)) | 1450 (485) | 1460 (359) | 0.75 (NS) |
| Postoperative percentage of endothelial cell loss (mean (SD)) | 35.3 (23.2) | 29.2 (22.4) | 0.35 (NS) |
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↵Wilcoxon rank sum test. After correcting the significance levels for the total number of comparisons, all of the p values were above the 0.05 significance level.
