Table 10 Post-operative Corneal Edema, Cells and Flare, and Endothelial Cell Loss

From: Comparison of clinical outcomes between femtosecond laser-assisted versus conventional phacoemulsification

	FLACS		CP		P Value
	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD	P Value
Corneal Edema^a (Central)
1 Day	263	0.65 ± 0.67	196	0.78 ± 0.73	0.05^*
1 Week	170	0.05 ± 0.21	88	0.07 ± 0.24	0.49
Corneal Edema^a (Peripheral)
1 Day	142	1.03 ± 0.77	79	1.02 ± 0.62	0.92
1 Week	85	0.14 ± 0.36	44	0.13 ± 0.34	0.88
Aqueous Cells and Flare^b
1 Day	140	0.96 ± 0.59	72	1.04 ± 0.54	0.34
1 Week	80	0.03 ± 0.16	42	0.16 ± 0.40	0.01^*
ECD (cells/mm²)
Baseline	283	2602.24 ± 497.30	353	2631.28 ± 387.42	0.41
1 Month	189	2443.67 ± 658.78	69	2377.26 ± 459.82	0.66
EC Loss	189	175.23 ± 649.54	69	351.52 ± 454.21	0.04^*

EC = endothelial cell; ECD = endothelial cell density; CP = conventional phacoemulsification; FLACS = femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery; SD = standard deviation
^aGrading of corneal edema: 0 no trace; +1 Trace; +2 Mild; +3 Moderate; +4 Severe
^bStandardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group Classification for anterior chamber inflammation
^*P-value < 0.05

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