Research Article
A Surgical Cryoprobe for Targeted Transcorneal Freezing and Endothelial Cell Removal
Table 1
Data summary of transcorneal freezing for 3 sec on porcine eyes.
| | Probe tip (mm)/profile | Number
of eyes | Number of eyes with
successful freeze (%) | Mean/SD damaged
area (mm2) | Mean diameter (mm) | Mean/SD
corneal
thickness (nm) |
| | 1.8/flat | 102 | 14 (14) | 0.79/0.4 | 1.0 | 642/64 | | 2.4/flat | 108 | 78 (72) | 2.12/1.0 | 1.6 | 650/71 | | 2.4/concave | 108 | 76 (70) | 2.29/1.0 | 1.6 | 645/87 | | 3.4/concave | 108 | 90 (83) | 6.91/1.9 | 2.9 | 654/59 |
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