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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population and average recorded intraoperative metrics during the surgery

From: Intraocular pressure changes after phacoemulsification in pseudoexfoliation versus healthy eyes

 

PXF Group

Control Group

P-value

(Mann-Whitney)

Number of patients

30

31

-

Number of eyes

30

31

-

Right eye/Left eye

16/14

14/17

-

Male/Female

14/16

18/13

-

Narrow angle/Open angle

12/18

9/22

-

Mean ages ± SD in years

69.00 ± 7.60

59.16 ± 10.28

< 0.01

Mean preoperative gonioscopy grade (by Shaffer classification) ± SD

2.50 ± 0.57

2.74 ± 0.77

0.08

Mean ACD ± SD in mm

3.19 ± 0.22

3.21 ± 0.40

0.89

Mean CCT ± SD in μm

544.23 ± 35.05

521.54 ± 35.39

0.03

Mean Pre-op IOP ± SD in mm Hg

14.70 ± 2.42

12.87 ± 2.66

< 0.01

Mean Post-op IOP ± SD in mm Hg

10.20 ± 1.34

10.51 ± 2.11

0.94

Mean Pre-op AOD ± SD in μm

363.80 ± 107.87

407.19 ± 162.28

0.08

Mean Pre-op TISA ± SD in μm²

0.13 ± 0.04

0.15 ± 0.05

0.06

Intraoperative metrics

 

Mean CDE ± SD in percent-second

9.24 ± 4.64

9.50 ± 6.39

0.72

Mean IFU ± SD in mL

139.00 ± 40

134.10 ± 49.13

0.46

Mean AT ± SD in minute

2.67 ± 0.76

2.16 ± 0.74

0.03

  1. ACD anterior chamber depth, AOD angle opening distance, AT aspiration time, CCT central corneal thickness, CDE cumulative dissipated energy, IFU infusion fluid usage, IOP intraocular pressure, Post-op postoperative, Pre-op preoperative, PXF pseudoexfoliation, SD standard deviation, TISA trabecular-iris space area