Clinical Study

Influences of 27-Gauge Vitrectomy on Corneal Topographic Conditions

Table 2

The corneal topographic parameters in epiretinal membrane (ERM) and macular hole (MH) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) group. In all groups, the 4 parameters remained stable up to 3 months after the surgery.

ERM group ()MH group ()PDR group ()
PreoperativePostoperative 1MPostoperative 3MPreoperativePostoperative 1MPostoperative 3MPreoperativePostoperative 1MPostoperative 3M

Average corneal power (D)44.5 ± 1.0944.5 ± 1.0744.6 ± 1.0444.8 ± 1.4144.9 ± 1.2845.0 ± 1.3644.4 ± 1.5844.6 ± 1.5344.6 ± 1.36
Regular astigmatism (D)−1.18 ± 0.56−1.13 ± 0.58−1.19 ± 0.53−1.26 ± 0.79−1.07 ± 0.72−1.07 ± 0.60−1.30 ± 0.50−1.01 ± 0.54−1.12 ± 0.55
Spherical aberration (μm)0.25 ± 0.070.26 ± 0.040.26 ± 0.050.27 ± 0.100.27 ± 0.090.27 ± 0.090.30 ± 0.080.30 ± 0.080.27 ± 0.08
Higher-order aberration (μm)0.20 ± 0.090.17 ± 0.060.17 ± 0.060.17 ± 0.080.17 ± 0.050.18 ± 0.080.21 ± 0.070.29 ± 0.140.22 ± 0.06

M = month; D = diopter; NS versus preoperative.