Incidence of complications between the two treatment arms based on intention-to-treat analysis
| Complications | FLACS | CPS | RR | PÂ value |
| Anterior capsular tear | 3 (2.16%) | 3 (1.88%) | 1.15 (95% CI 0.24 to 5.6) | 0.86 |
| Posterior capsule tear with vitreous loss | 0 (0%) | 3 (1.88%) | 0.16 (95% CI 0.01 to 3.15) | 0.23 |
| DM tear | 1 (0.72%) | 0 (0%) | 3.45 (95% CI 0.14 to 84.0) | 0.45 |
| Suprachoroidal haemorrhage | 1 (0.72%)* | 0 (0%) | 3.45 (95% CI 0.14 to 84.0) | 0.45 |
| Abandoned-extreme zonular weakness | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.63%) | 0.38 (95% CI 0.01 to 9.34) | 0.56 |
| Total complication rate | 3.54% | 3.76% | 0.95 (95% CI 0.30 to 3.07) | 0.94 |
*This patient was allocated to FLACS but was unable to undergo this procedure and the patient underwent CPS.
CPS, conventional phacoemulsification surgery; DM, Descemet’s membrane; FLACS, femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery; RR, relative risk.