Feasibility and Complications between Phacoemulsification and Manual Small Incision Surgery in Subluxated Cataract

Table 1

Preoperative comparison of two groups.

Characteristics	Group A	Group B	Chi square, 𝑃 value
Patients (n)	30	30
Mean age (yrs)¤	41.80±12.80	39.86±12.75	0.42, 0.51
Sex^†
Male	24 (80%)	20 (66.67%)	1.34, 0.24
Female	6 (20%)	10 (33.34%)
Mean Preoperative BCVA (Decimal Acuity)¤	0.14±0.10	0.13±0.10	0.01, 0.91
Degree Of Subluxation^†
<90	8 (26.67%)	9 (30.0%)	0.08, 0.77
90–180	18 (60.0%)	17 (56.67%)	0.07, 0.79
>180^#	4 (13.34%)	4 (13.34%)	—, 1.0
Cause^†
Trauma	17 (56.7%)	21 (70%)	1.13, 0.28
Idiopathic	11 (36.7%)	6 (20%)	2.02, 0.15
Other (congenital)^#	2 (6.6%)	3 (10%)	—, 1.0
Grade of nucleus¤
1	6 (20%)	7 (23.34%)	0.13, 0.98
2	13 (43.34%)	13 (43.34%)
3	10 (33.34%)	9 (30.0%)
4	1 (3.34%)	1 (3.34%)
MEAN ± SD	2.2±0.80	2.13±0.81	0.10, 0.74

¤Mann Whitney test used (due to not normal distribution of variables) with Kruskal-Wallis H (equivalent to chi square).
^†Mantel Haenszel test used.
^#If expected cell value < 5, two-tailed 𝑃 value using Fisher exact test was calculated.