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

Table 2

Postoperative comparison of two groups.

Characteristics	Group A	Group B	Chi square, 𝑃 value
Devices for lens Stability^†
CTR/M-CTR	27 (90%)	23 (76.67%)
None	3 (10%)	7 (23.33%)	1.89, 0.16
Successful implantation of intended device^†
Yes	25 (83.34%)	20 (66.67%)	2.19, 0.14
No	5 (16.67%)	10 (33.34%)
Additional procedure^†
None	21 (70%)	17 (56.67%)	1.15, 0.28
Minor	6 (20%)	6 (20%)	0, 1.0
Major	3 (10%)	7 (23.34%)	1.89, 0.17
Intraoperative complications^†	6 (20%)	11 (36.67%)	2.02, 0.15
Postoperative complications^†	4 (13.34%)	5 (16.67%)	0.13, 0.72
Postoperative Corrected BCVA (decimal acuity)¤
<0.3	2 (6.7%)	3 (10.0%)	0.26, 0.87
0.3–0.5	9 (30.0%)	8 (26.7%)
>0.5	19 (63.3%)	19 (63.3%)
MEAN ± SD	0.66±0.23	0.68±0.28	0.11, 0.73
IOL decentration (mm)^#
<1 mm	30 (100%)	29 (96.7%)	—, 1.00
>1 mm	0	1 (3.3%)
IOL TILT (degree)^#
<15	29 (96.7%)	30 (100%)	—, 1.00
>15	1 (3.3%)	0

¤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.