Standard manual capsulorhexis / Ultrasound phacoemulsification compared to femtosecond laser-assisted capsulorhexis and lens fragmentation in clear cornea small incision cataract surgery

Table 2 Pre-operative and post-operative (1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months) central corneal thickness measurements in the two groups of study

	Pre-Op	1 day	1 week	1 month	3 months	6 months
Group-A	Phaco
Average	534.89	579.45	551.96	541.05	537.51	536.72
St Dev	36.68	54.23	43.2	38.54	37.22	37.14
Min	445	480	469	463	450	448
Max	647	720	714	692	654	650
Difference to baseline	-	44.56	17.07	6.16	2.62	1.83
Group-B	Femto second
Average	535.71	601.68	553.89	539.54	538.21	537.92
St Dev	42.49	69.22	57.98	51.15	49.43	46.6
Min	465	520	474	470	465	462
Max	654	766	712	654	654	654
Difference to baseline	-	65.97	18.18	3.82	2.5	2.21
p-value (paired test group-A to group-B)	0.883	0.045	0.815	0.735	0.855	0.882

Δ indicates difference to pre-operative baseline. All units are reported in μm. P-values correspond to comparison between groups for the same visit measurements

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