Fig. 2

Serial imaging of the corneal endothelium before and after cataract surgery in the right eye (a-d) and after cataract surgery in the left eye (e–h) of Patient 1. Specular microscopy showed changes in endothelial cell density (ECD), coefficient of variation (CV), percentage of hexagonal cells (HEX), and central corneal thickness (CCT) at the following time points. a. Fourteen months prior to cataract surgery (OD). b. Two weeks prior to cataract surgery (OD). c. Four months after cataract surgery (OD). d. Seven months after cataract surgery (OD). e. Six weeks after cataract surgery (OS), i.e. 12 months after cataract surgery (OD). f. 6 months after cataract surgery (OS), i.e. Seventeen months after cataract surgery (OD). g. Fourteen months after cataract surgery (OS), i.e. 25 months after cataract surgery (OD) h. Thirty-nine months after cataract surgery (OS), i.e. 49 months after cataract surgery (OD)