Intraoperative Complications of Cataract Surgery Using Intracameral Illumination in the Elderly over 75 Years

Table 3

Intraoperative complication.

	Illuminator group (n = 141)	Nonilluminator group (n = 145)	value
PC tear	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.8%)	0.067†
AC radial tear	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	0.123†
Dropped nucleus into vitreous	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	0.248†
Remnant lens in A/C	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1.000†
Sulcus implantation or SF	1 (0.7%)	9 (6.2%)	0.019†
Number of patients with complication (≥1)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.6%)	0.004

AC = anterior capsule; PC = posterior capsule; A/C = anterior chamber; SF = scleral fixation; chi-square test; †Fisher’s exact test.