Clinical Study

Bandage Lenses in the Postoperative Care for Cataract Surgery Patients: A Substitute for Eye Patch?

Table 1

Positive rate of bacterial cultures in different swabs.

Site and time point of swabsPositive in Group A () (%)Positive in Group B () (%) value

Conjunctiva sac before surgery0 (0)0 (0)1.000
Incision site at the end of surgery1 (4)0 (0)0.481
Eyelid margin at the end of surgery2 (8)2 (7.4)1.000
Incision site the first day after surgery2 (8)0 (0)0.226
Eyelid margin the first day after surgery2 (8)0 (0)0.226
Bandage lens cultureN/A0 (0)

The result of the Fisher exact test was adopted.