Visual Outcomes of Ultrathin-Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty versus Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty

Table 1

Baseline and 6-month postoperative characteristics.

	Ultrathin DSAEK (GT ≤ 100 μm)		DSAEK (GT > 100 μm)		MWU test
	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	n	value
Age (years)	72.7 ± 8.8	13	71.4 ± 7.3	30	0.701
Follow-up (months)	9.3 ± 4.6	13	7.4 ± 4.4	30	0.274
logMARpre	1.035 ± 0.514	13	0.772 ± 0.428	30	0.072
logMARpost	0.088 ± 0.150	13	0.285 ± 0.158	27	0.001
SEpost (D)	0.11 ± 0.54	13	0.31 ± 1.24	26	0.227
REFcylpost (D)	1.173 ± 0.874	13	1.154 ± 0.863	26	0.641
CCTpost (μm)	579 ± 45	12	621 ± 56	16	0.039
Gtpost (μm)	87 ± 13	13	145 ± 21	30	0.000
ECDpre (cells/mm^2)	2698 ± 401	13	2457 ± 249	30	0.029
ECDpost (cells/mm^2)	1403 ± 473	13	1407 ± 411	19	0.715
ECL (%)	47 ± 19	9	44 ± 16	19	0.418

Statistically significant; CCT: central corneal thickness; D: diopters; ECD: endothelial cell density; GT: graft thickness; logMAR: decadic logarithm of the minimal angle of resolution; mo: months; MWU: Mann–Whitney U test; post: postoperatively; pre: preoperatively; REFcyl: refractive cylinder; SE: spherical equivalent.