Effects of Residual Anterior Lens Epithelial Cell Removal on Axial Position of Intraocular Lens after Cataract Surgery

Table 1

Preoperative data for eyes with (polishing group) or without (control group) anterior capsule polishing during cataract surgery.

	Polishing group	Control group	value
Best-corrected visual acuity (logMAR)	0.61 ± 0.37	0.64 ± 0.37	0.695
Nuclear opalescence grade	3.03 ± 0.85	2.80 ± 0.85	0.335
Cortical cataract grade	2.27 ± 0.83	2.13 ± 0.82	0.489
Posterior subcapsular cataract grade	1.97 ± 0.85	2.10 ± 0.76	0.382
Anterior chamber depth (mm)	2.91 ± 0.25	2.97 ± 0.26	0.203
Axial length (mm)	22.92 ± 0.70	23.04 ± 0.75	0.392
Intraocular lens power (D)	22.25 ± 2.06	21.77 ± 2.21	0.306
Predicted refraction (D)	−0.15 ± 0.45	−0.20 ± 0.50	0.284

Values are presented as means ± standard deviations. Statistical analysis was performed by using a paired t-test.