Clinical Study

Short-Term Intraocular Pressure Elevations after Combined Phacoemulsification and Implantation of Two Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents: Prednisolone versus Loteprednol

Table 1

Preoperative clinical and demographic characteristics.

Baseline characteristicsPrednisoloneLoteprednol value

Laterality
 OD58%57%0.923
Sex
 Female58%53%0.668
Race
 Asian0%2%0.474
 Caucasian95%86%
 Hispanic03%
 Black5%9%
Age (years)
 Mean73 ± 869 ± 110.073
Visual field (dB)
 Mean deviation−5.41 ± 5.66−8.48 ± 6.500.054
Pachymetry (microns)542 ± 41544 ± 430.806
Pre-op IOP (mmHg)15.62 ± 4.5317.57 ± 5.250.3715
Pre-op NGM2.00 ± 1.312.23 ± 1.440.440
Pre-op BCVA (logMAR)0.26 ± 0.220.29 ± 0.330.664

BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.