Clinical characteristics of the two groups of patients (with one eye only and both eyes cataract surgery), at the moment of their first eye surgery
| One eye only surgery (n=117) | Both eyes surgery (n=125) | p Value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||||||
| Preoperative visual acuity in the operated eye | |||||||||
| better than 6/18 | 5 | (4.3) | 6 | (4.8) | |||||
| 6/30 to 6/18 | 32 | (27.4) | 32 | (25.6) | |||||
| 6/60 or worse | 80 | (68.4) | 87 | (69.6) | 0.94 | ||||
| Preoperative visual acuity in the fellow eye | |||||||||
| better than 6/12 | 36 | (30.8) | 8 | (6.4) | |||||
| 6/15 to 6/12 | 29 | (24.8) | 18 | (14.4) | |||||
| 6/30 to 6/18 | 32 | (27.4) | 65 | (52.0) | |||||
| 6/60 or worse | 20 | (17.1) | 34 | (27.2) | <0.001 | ||||
| Postoperative visual acuity in the operated eye | |||||||||
| better than 6/9 | 32 | (27.8) | 35 | (28.0) | |||||
| 6/10 to 6/9 | 41 | (35.7) | 36 | (28.8) | |||||
| 6/15 to 6/12 | 22 | (19.1) | 25 | (20.0) | |||||
| 6/18 or worse | 20 | (17.4) | 29 | (23.2) | 0.59 | ||||
| Patients with ocular comorbidity | 37 | (31.6) | 46 | (36.8) | 0.40 | ||||
| Diabetic retinopathy | 4 | (3.4) | 5 | (4.0) | 0.81 | ||||
| Glaucoma | 7 | (6.0) | 7 | (5.6) | 0.90 | ||||
| Age related macular degeneration | 10 | (8.5) | 9 | (7.2) | 0.70 | ||||
| Patients with complications of surgery | 28 | (23.9) | 28 | (22.4) | 0.78 | ||||