Table 1

Pre- and postoperative flows in the collection capillary, TNF-α concentrations, and TNF-α releases

No		Sex/age		Abl depth		Tear fluid flow (μl/min)			TNF concentration (ng/l)			TNF release (pg/min)
No		Sex/age		Abl depth		Day 0	Day 2	Day 7		Day 0	Day 2	Day 7		Day 0	Day 2	Day 7
1	M/23	63	93.2	138.9	ND		285	350	ND		26.6	48.6	ND
2	F/37	70	23.6	51.7	26.1		350	350	<5		8.3	18.1	0.1
3	M/21	43	62.5	78.1	15.5		600	450	735		37.5	35.2	11.4
4	M/27	70	21.4	219.3	24.2		680	<5	<5		14.6	1.1	0.1
5	F/49	63	1.5	3.0	1.8		130	630	315		0.2	1.9	0.6
6	F/32	51	19.0	67.0	13.2		400	265	430		7.6	17.8	5.7
7	F/39	63	9.9	50.0	11.2		195	600	235		1.9	30.0	2.6
8	F/36	63	61.5	67.1	ND		460	330	ND		28.3	22.2	ND
9	F/37	81	4.6	100.0	9.3		365	365	220		1.7	36.5	2.1
10	F/37	85	8.6	25.6	15.6		260	540	195		2.2	13.9	3.1
11	F/21	125	14.3	43.0	5.8		375	385	260		5.4	16.6	1.5
12	M/21	50	17.9	111.1	ND		345	<5	ND		6.2	0.6	ND
13	M/21	63	9.3	166.7	ND		180	450	ND		1.7	75.0	ND
14	M/46	16	9.5	108.7	7.5		450	750	685		4.3	81.5	5.1
15	M/36	88	29.4	111.1	ND		680	620	ND		20.0	68.9	ND
16	F/21	73	8.1	37.7	41.7		110	385	610		0.9	14.5	25.4
17	F/31	88	7.1	24.5	ND		350	715	ND		2.5	17.5	ND
18	M/21	33	2.7	49.0	3.2		220	315	145		0.6	15.4	0.5
N	18	18	18	18	12		18	18	12		18	18	12
Mean	31	66	22.5	80.7	14.6		358	417	320		9.5	28.6	4.8
Median	32	63	12.1	67.1	12.2		350	385	248		4.9	18.0	2.4
SD	9	24	24.9	55.1	11.4		170	207	246		11.2	24.8	7.2
Range	21–49	16–125	1.5–93.2	3.0–219	1.8–41.7		110–680	<5–750	<5–735		0.2–37.5	0.6–81.5	0.1–25.4
p Value^†				0.0002	NS			NS	NS			0.003	NS

↵N is the number of patients. ^†The p values refer to comparisons of postoperative and preoperative samples of the same patients (Wilcoxon signed rank two group paired test).