Complications at the time of surgery and visual outcome
| Best corrected postoperative vision | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Complications at surgery | Procedures | <6/12 | (%) | Risk ratio [95% CL] | Fisher “exact” p value |
| No ocular comorbidity: | ||||||
| A (referent) | No complications | 1043 | 57 | (5.5) | Referent | |
| B | PC tear | 50 | 10 | (20.0) | 3.7 [2.0–6.7] | 0.0005 |
| C | Other complications | 62 | 7 | (11.3) | 2.1 [1.0–4.3] | 0.0832 |
| Ocular comorbidity: | ||||||
| A (referent) | No complications | 234 | 114 | (48.7) | Referent | |
| B | PC tear | 9 | 6 | (66.7) | 1.4 [0.9–2.2] | 0.3295 |
| C | Other complications | 22 | 13 | (59.1) | 1.2 [0.8–1.8] | 0.3807 |
| Table totals | 1420 | |||||
Note. Comparisons under “Ocular comorbidity” are problematic and difficult to interpret due to number of diagnoses.