TABLE 2.
Demographic parameters.
| Active fluid system (n = 40) | Gravity fluid system (n = 38) | p-value | |
| Age | 71.34 ± 7.52 | 69.92 ± 6.89 | 0.375 |
| Patient number | 28 | 25 | |
| Gender (Male/Female) | 15(53.6%)/13(46.4%) | 12(48.0%)/13(52%) | 0.686 |
| Eye (right/left) | 16(40.0%)/24(60.0%) | 18(47.4%)/20(52.6%) | 0.512 |
| Stage of Nucleus a | |||
| 2 | 15(37.5%) | 12(31.6%) | 0.582 |
| 3 | 25(62.5%) | 26(68.4%) | |
| ACD (mm) | 3.03 ± 0.34 | 3.06 ± 0.52 | 0.545 |
| CCT (μm) | 541.1 ± 35.2 | 536.5 ± 31.2 | 0.419 |
| ECD (/mm2) | 1213.6 ± 223.5 | 1256.1 ± 191.3 | 0.667 |
| Pre-operative BCVA, LogMAR | 0.31 ± 0.25 | 0.30 ± 0.25 | 0.903 |
| History | |||
| FECD (stage I) | 7 (17.5%) | 5 (13.2%) | 0.575 |
| Glaucoma | 15 (37.5%) | 18 (47.4%) | |
| PPCD | 2 (5.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| corneal endothelitis history | 8 (20.0%) | 9 (23.7%) | |
| no history | 8 (20.0%) | 6 (15.9) | |
a nucleus grading by LOCSIII. ACD, anterior chamber depth; CCT, corneal central thickness; ECD, endothelial cell density; FECD, Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy; PPCD, posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy.