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

Ang, Robert Edward Ty; Quinto, Michelle Marie Salcedo; Cruz, Emerson Marquez; Rivera, Mark Christian Reyes; Martinez, Gladness Henna Austria

doi:10.1186/s40662-018-0102-5

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Table 3 Mean Refractive Spherical Equivalent (logMAR) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE)

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

IOL Grouping	FLACS			CP			P Value
IOL Grouping	n	MRSE ± SD	MAE	n	MRSE ± SD	MAE	P Value
Overall MRSE
1 Day	286	−0.17 ± 0.71	0.17	371	− 0.13 ± 0.61	0.13	0.4383
1 Week	283	−0.24 ± 0.53	0.24	417	− 0.21 ± 0.50	0.21	0.4473
1 Month	239	−0.21 ± 0.53	0.21	367	− 0.22 ± 0.52	0.22	0.8185
3 Months	191	−0.22 ± 0.57	0.22	315	− 0.23 ± 0.52	0.23	0.8399
6 Months	164	−0.20 ± 0.66	0.20	268	− 0.24 ± 0.57	0.24	0.5057
1 Year	120	−0.16 ± 0.58	0.16	265	− 0.20 ± 0.52	0.20	0.5007
Monofocal MRSE (target plano)
1 Day	53	−0.21 ± 0.63	0.21	45	− 0.03 ± 0.78	0.03	0.5676
1 Week	57	− 0.27 ± 0.46	0.27	65	−0.17 ± 0.56	0.17	0.2874
1 Month	45	−0.23 ± 0.34	0.23	53	−0.13 ± 0.56	0.13	0.2986
3 Months	28	−0.25 ± 0.35	0.25	40	−0.08 ± 0.43	0.08	0.0886
6 Months	24	−0.12 ± 0.78	0.12	33	−0.05 ± 0.50	0.05	0.6815
1 Year	25	−0.06 ± 0.53	0.06	32	−0.01 ± 0.56	0.01	0.7334
Monofocal Toric MRSE (target plano)
1 Day	57	−0.07 ± 0.59	0.07	62	−0.06 ± 0.53	0.06	0.9226
1 Week	59	−0.11 ± 0.70	0.11	59	−0.05 ± 0.64	0.05	0.6280
1 Month	50	−0.12 ± 0.63	0.12	57	−0.11 ± 0.45	0.11	0.9243
3 Months	40	−0.20 ± 0.71	0.20	43	−0.08 ± 0.52	0.08	0.3800
6 Months	36	−0.16 ± 0.71	0.16	35	−0.06 ± 0.45	0.06	0.4822
1 Year	27	−0.09 ± 0.74	0.09	35	−0.03 ± 0.49	0.03	0.7028
Multifocal MRSE (target plano)
1 Day	77	−0.18 ± 0.70	0.18	101	−0.22 ± 0.56	0.22	0.6724
1 Week	77	−0.22 ± 0.49	0.22	98	−0.22 ± 0.52	0.22	> 0.9999
1 Month	60	−0.19 ± 0.52	0.19	85	− 0.18 ± 0.54	0.18	0.9114
3 Months	42	−0.11 ± 0.47	0.11	69	− 0.07 ± 0.55	0.07	0.6958
6 Months	31	−0.12 ± 0.59	0.12	51	− 0.17 ± 0.58	0.17	0.7078
1 Year	21	−0.17 ± 0.47	0.17	48	− 0.02 ± 0.43	0.02	0.1994
Multifocal Toric MRSE (target plano)
1 Day	49	−0.38 ± 0.50	0.38	66	−0.25 ± 0.44	0.25	0.1422
1 Week	43	−0.17 ± 0.92	0.17	58	−0.15 ± 0.56	0.15	0.0328^*
1 Month	36	−0.10 ± 0.50	0.10	53	−0.26 ± 0.48	0.26	0.1327
3 Months	27	−0.25 ± 0.40	0.25	48	−0.24 ± 0.45	0.24	0.9238
6 Months	24	0.00 ± 0.68	0.00	48	−0.16 ± 0.50	0.16	0.2616
1 Year	25	0.00 ± 0.66	0.00	52	−0.19 ± 0.45	0.19	0.1422
Accommodating MRSE (target −0.50)
1 Day	41	−0.33 ± 0.72	0.17	116	−0.22 ± 0.53	0.28	0.3023
1 Week	40	−0.49 ± 0.60	0.01	118	−0.32 ± 0.45	0.18	0.0607
1 Month	35	−0.43 ± 0.56	0.07	113	−0.35 ± 0.50	0.15	0.4229
3 Months	31	−0.55 ± 0.69	0.05	110	−0.45 ± 0.49	0.05	0.3636
6 Months	26	−0.61 ± 0.59	0.11	95	−0.50 ± 0.56	0.00	0.3820
1 Year	20	−0.46 ± 0.58	0.04	95	−0.46 ± 0.50	0.04	> 0.9999

CP = conventional phacoemulsification; FLACS = femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery; IOL = intraocular lens; logMAR = logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; MAE = mean absolute error; MRSE = manifest refraction spherical equivalent; SD = standard deviation
^*P < 0.05

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