Case no. | Age (years) | Eye | Purpose for ALI | Cornea | Region of the corneal oedema | ECD | Fluorescein intensity values (photon counts/s) | ||
10 min | 30 min | ||||||||
Patients with endothelial decompensation after ALI | 1 | 63 | L | Prophylactic | Early endothelial decompensation | – | 309 | 202.0 | 435.0 |
2 | 77 | R | Prophylactic | Early endothelial decompensation | – | 704 | 129.5 | 185.9 | |
L | Prophylactic | Early endothelial decompensation | Lower | 415 | 381.4 | 428.2 | |||
3 | 60 | R | Prophylactic | Early endothelial decompensation | Upper | 391 | 258.2 | 499.5 | |
4 | 75 | L | Prophylactic | Early endothelial decompensation | Upper | 525 | 977.6 | 1060.1 | |
5 | 73 | R | Acute attack | Endothelial decompensation | Upper | – | 648.5 | 1333.3 | |
L | Acute attack | Endothelial decompensation | Upper | – | 1489.2 | 1665.8 | |||
6 | 76 | L | Acute attack | Early endothelial decompensation, band keratopathy | – | 377 | 1227.7 | 2339.3 | |
7 | 82 | R | Acute attack | Early endothelial decompensation | Lower | 425 | 564.6 | 728.8 | |
Mean±SD | 72.3±7.9 | 653.2±480.9 | 964.0±704.7 | ||||||
Normal control eyes | 1 | 69 | R | – | Clear | – | 3472 | 26.1 | 105.1 |
L | – | Clear | – | 2941 | 12.6 | 92.7 | |||
2 | 69 | R | – | Clear | – | 2976 | 11.9 | 101.2 | |
L | – | Clear | – | 3215 | 13.9 | 96.0 | |||
3 | 72 | R | – | Clear | – | 2444 | 22.5 | 58.5 | |
L | – | Clear | – | 2375 | 39.2 | 72.5 | |||
4 | 70 | R | – | Clear | – | 3012 | 12.5 | 74.3 | |
L | – | Clear | – | 2840 | 19.7 | 65.3 | |||
Mean±SD | 70.0±1.4 | 19.8±9.5 | 83.2±17.6 |
Values are presented as the mean±SD in the bottom line.
ALI, argon laser iridotomy; ECD, endothelial cell density (cells/mm2); L, left; R, right.