Clinical Outcomes of Steep-Axis One-Handed Phacoemulsification under the Guidance of a Verion Image-Guided System
Table 4
10 mm CV and corneal endothelial cells.
Steep-axis one-handed
Steep-axis two-handed
10-mm CV (μm3)
Pre-op
60.99 ± 3.37
—
60.61 ± 3.07
—
0.396
1 week post-op
63.59 ± 3.91
<0.001
65.06 ± 3.60
<0.001
0.005
1 month post-op
61.66 ± 3.43
0.011
62.04 ± 3.87
<0.001
0.467
3 month post-op
60.81 ± 3.09
0.437
60.66 ± 3.56
0.826
0.736
ECD (mm2)
Pre-op
2539.91 ± 230.75
—
2570.21 ± 255.91
—
0.370
1 week post-op
2356.35 ± 238.08
<0.001
2349.93 ± 261.97
<0.001
0.853
1 month post-op
2350.37 ± 227.55
<0.001
2343.32 ± 252.55
<0.001
0.833
3 month post-op
2349.28 ± 229.39
<0.001
2342.31 ± 259.41
<0.001
0.837
ECL (%)
1 week post-op
7.23 ± 3.91
—
8.58 ± 4.09
—
0.015
1 month post-op
7.40 ± 4.52
—
8.77 ± 4.99
—
0.039
3 month post-op
7.44 ± 4.70
—
8.83 ± 5.19
—
0.044
HEX%
Pre-op
40.31 ± 6.57
—
40.04 ± 6.20
—
0.761
1 week post-op
39.48 ± 6.49
<0.001
39.35 ± 6.04
<0.001
0.883
1 month post-op
39.18 ± 6.00
<0.001
38.85 ± 6.26
<0.001
0.693
3 month post-op
39.03 ± 6.20
0.002
38.82 ± 6.85
<0.001
0.817
CV = corneal volume; ECD = endothelial corneal density; ECL = endothelial cell loss; HEX% = percentages of hexagonal cell; = comparison between pre-op and post-op and was considered statistically significant; = comparison of both groups and was considered statistically significant.
