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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
n MRSE ± SD MAE n MRSE ± SD MAE
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
  1. 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
  2. *P < 0.05