A Rabbit Model Study to Determine the Efficacy of a Prototype Corneal Endothelium Protector during Cataract Surgery

Table 2

Postoperative percentage endothelial cell loss and mean number of endothelial cells by histological analysis.

	Mean preoperative ECC (cells/mm^2)	Percentage endothelial cell loss (%)				Mean ECC by histological analysis (cells/field diameter)
		POD1	POD5	POD7	POD14
Group A ()	2510 ± 297 (SEM 112)	4.9 ± 9.2% (SEM 6.50)	10.4 ± 12.4% (SEM 5.53)	10.5 ± 9.7% (SEM 4.87)	9.8 ± 0.52% (SEM 0.37)	31.6 ± 1.5 (SEM 0.6)
Group B ()	2980 ± 100 (SEM 33)	12.5% ± 14.9% (SEM 6.06)	12.2% ± 10.0% (SEM 3.55)	17.2% ± 18.0% (SEM 7.35)	4.7% ± 11.4% (SEM 6.60)	32.5 ± 1.5 (SEM 0.5)
value	0.001	0.53	0.77	0.52	0.59	0.24