Published results comparing AC contamination of phaco and ECCE
| Sample size | Positive cultures | Negative cultures | p Value (χ2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phaco | ECCE | Total | Phaco | ECCE | Phaco | ECCE | |||||
| Current study | 110 | 100 | 210 | 22 (20%) | 29 (29%) | 88 (80%) | 71 (71%) | 0.129 | |||
| Manners et al 15 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 10 (20%) | 12 (24%) | 40 (80%) | 38 (76%) | 0.629 | |||
| Egger et al 12 13 | 26 | 174 | 200 | 2 (7.6%) | 49 (28%) | 24 (92.4%) | 125 (72%) | 0.026 | |||
| Total | 186 | 324 | 510 | 34 (18.3%) | 90 (27.8%) | 152 (81.7%) | 234 (72.2%) | 0.016 | |||