Table 3.
Comparison of dendritic cell-related parameters.
| Central cornea | Peripheral cornea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative | Postoperative | Variation | Preoperative | Postoperative | Variation | ||
| Total cells (cells/mm 2 ) | |||||||
| BSS | 15 | 27.54 ± 8.09 | 11.00 ± 6.27 | −16.54 ± 7.30 | 13.67 ± 5.69 | 3.91 ± 5.04 | −9.77 ± 6.02 |
| HPMC | 17 | 23.03 ± 8.60 | 19.08 ± 15.66 | −3.95 ± 12.01 | 16.78 ± 4.68 | 4.93 ± 6.45 | −11.84 ± 2.89 |
| BCL | 14 | 22.77 ± 7.19 | 39.74 ± 14.32 | 16.97 ± 8.65 | 12.05 ± 9.32 | 20.44 ± 15.81 | 8.39 ± 6.49 |
| H&B | 14 | 25.67 ± 9.10 | 32.59 ± 25.26 | 6.92 ± 27.55 | 12.05 ± 10.24 | 13.39 ± 13.62 | 1.34 ± 17.19 |
| F/H | 1.199 | 9.413 | 12.954 | 1.980 | 8.022 | 16.438 | |
| P value | 0.318 | <0.001∗∗ | <0.001∗∗ | 0.577 | 0.011∗ | <0.001∗∗ | |
| DCs with dendrites (cells/mm 2 ) | |||||||
| BSS | 15 | 7.03 ± 4.49 | 4.55 ± 5.21 | −2.48 ± 7.97 | 5.86 ± 4.25 | 1.56 ± 2.80 | −4.30 ± 6.74 |
| HPMC | 17 | 5.59 ± 8.04 | 6.25 ± 9.32 | 0.66 ± 1.97 | 5.26 ± 6.34 | 0.99 ± 2.34 | −4.28 ± 4.68 |
| BCL | 14 | 5.36 ± 5.40 | 12.59 ± 6.99 | 7.23 ± 7.01 | 4.91 ± 4.37 | 10.85 ± 8.39 | 5.94 ± 5.08 |
| H&B | 14 | 4.46 ± 4.54 | 13.39 ± 26.61 | 8.93 ± 6.03 | 4.02 ± 5.27 | 4.02 ± 5.26 | 0.00 ± 7.35 |
| F/H | 0.479 | 8.021 | 11.486 | 0.325 | 12.192 | 9.916 | |
| P value | 0.698 | 0.011∗ | 0.002∗ | 0.807 | <0.001∗∗ | <0.001∗∗ | |
BSS, balanced salt solution; HPMC, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; BCL, bandage contact lens; H&B, combined hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and bandage contact lens; DCs, dendritic cells. ∗P < 0.05; ∗∗P < 0.001.