Table 1

Characteristics of patients (DSAEK, ACIOL and PCIOL with BK)

CharacteristicsDSAEKp Value
Total (n=132)ACIOL (n=18)PCIOL (n=114)
Mean age, years (±SD)69.0 (10.0)69.7 (12.1)68.9 (9.7)0.965
Gender (%)
 Male67 (50.8)10 (55.5)57 (50.0)0.801
 Female65 (49.2)8 (44.5)57 (50.0)
Race (%)
 Chinese87 (65.9)13 (72.2)74 (64.9)0.892
 Malay7 (5.3)1 (5.6)6 (5.3)
 Indian8 (6.1)0 (0.0)8 (7.0)
Others30 (22.7)4 (22.2)26 (22.8)
Baseline/preoperative
 Visual Acuity (logMAR; mean, ±SD)1.6 (0.7)1.8 (0.7)1.6 (0.8)0.147
 Preoperative glaucoma (%)41 (31.1)6 (33.2)35 (30.7)0.823
Donor characteristics
 Donor ECD (mean ±SD)2827 (219)2822 (277)2827 (210)0.878
 Donor thickness (μm; mean ±SD)186 (47)181 (41)187 (48)0.778
 Donor diameter (mm; mean ±SD)8.6 (0.4)8.7 (0.4)8.6 (0.4)0.600
  • ACIOL, anterior chamber intraocular lens; BK, bullous keratopathy; DSAEK, Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty; ECD, endothelial cell density; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; PCIOL, posterior chamber intraocular lens.