Research Article

The Effect of Capsulotomy Shape on Intraocular Light-Scattering after Nd:YAG Laser Capsulotomy

Table 2

The Strehl ratio, MTF cutoff, OV-100, OV-20, and OV-9 of circular and cruciate groups at 1 week and 1 month after capsulotomy.

Circular groupCruciate groupU or t

Strehl ratio 1 week after capsulotomy0.12 ± 0.060.12 ± 0.06217.000.93
Strehl ratio 1 month after capsulotomy0.14 ± 0.050.13 ± 0.05206.000.72
MTF cutoff 1 week after capsulotomy20.24 ± 12.4120.35 ± 12.060.020.99
MTF cutoff 1 month after capsulotomy27.01 ± 10.0320.72 ± 8.191.950.06
OV-100 1 week after capsulotomy0.65 ± 0.400.70 ± 0.41204.000.68
OV-100 1 month after capsulotomy0.95 ± 0.340.70 ± 0.28156.500.11
OV-20 1 week after capsulotomy0.46 ± 0.280.47 ± 0.3015.500.90
OV-20 1 month after capsulotomy0.63 ± 0.230.49 ± 0.21145.500.06
OV-9 1 week after capsulotomy0.25 ± 0.170.28 ± 0.17202.500.64
OV-9 1 month after capsulotomy0.34 ± 0.160.30 ± 0.16183.500.34

MTF cutoff = modulation transfer function cutoff; OV-100 = Optical Quality Analysis System values at contrasts of 100%; OV-20 = Optical Quality Analysis System values at contrasts of 20%; OV-9 = Optical Quality Analysis System values at contrasts of 9%. The results were presented as mean ± SD.