Comparison of Outcomes after Phacoemulsification with Two Different Corneal Incision Distances Anterior to the Limbus

Table 2

Visual acuity and refractive outcomes in the two groups (mean ± SD).

Parameter	Group A	Group B	value
Preoperative UCVA	0.80 ± 0.48	0.94 ± 0.64	0.38
Postoperative UCVA (1 d)	0.16 ± 0.17	0.20 ± 0.13	0.31
Postoperative UCVA (3 mo)	0.16 ± 0.16	0.19 ± 0.15	0.54
Postoperative CDVA (3 mo)	0.03 ± 0.07	0.06 ± 0.09	0.26
Mean UCVA increase	−0.64 ± 0.49	−0.75 ± 0.68	0.49
Mean CDVA increase	−0.77 ± 0.50	−0.89 ± 0.64	0.48
Sphere (D)	0.23 ± 1.33	0.25 ± 0.88	0.93
Subjective cylinder (D)	−1.40 ± 0.83	−1.51 ± 1.07	0.68
SE (D)	−0.47 ± 1.21	−0.50 ± 0.60	0.92

UCVA = uncorrected visual acuity; CDVA = corrected distance visual acuity; SE = spherical equivalent. Values are statistically significant compared with preoperative examinations ().