Table 1.

Pre operative and Post operative characteristics of the patients

Parameter	Group 1 n = 19	Group 2 n = 19	Group 3 n = 18	One-way ANOVA, F-Value	P value
Age	69.6 ± 9.2	65.8 ± 7.8	70.8 ± 9.9	1.58	NS
ACD	2.6 ± 0.20	2.8 ± 0.37	2.59 ± 0.45	1.97	NS
UCVA
Pre-operative	0.12 ± 0.14	0.09 ± 0.13	0.11 ± 0.9	0.18	NS
Day one	0.28 ± 19a	0.39 ± 23c	0.37 + 0.27b	1.22	NS
Three month	0.51 ± 0.16c	0.61 ± 0.20c	0.61 ± 0.20c	1.51	NS
Repeated measure within group ANOVA	F = 15.0 P = 0.0001	F = 28.29 P = 0.0001	F = 23.5 P = 0.0001
BCVA
Pre-operative	0.18 ± 0.11	0.17 ± 0.19	0.18 ± 0.13	0.04	NS
Day one	0.46 ± 0.23b	0.69 ± 0.26c	0.55 ± 0.31a	1.70	NS
Three month	0.69 ± 0.24c	0.88 ± 0.18c	0.79 ± 0.23c	2.73	NS
Repeated measure within group ANOVA	F = 34.17 P = 0.0001	F = 43.8 P = 0.0001	F = 23.5 P = 0.0001
Corneal thickness
Pre-operative	560.7 ± 91.5	567.5 ± 44.07	576.0 ± 50.2	0.25	NS
Day one	645.8 ± 94.1c	665.5 ± 141.9b	670.6 ± 117.1b	0.32	NS
Three month	573.4 ± 73.6	586.1 ± 29.0	586.7 ± 36.0	1.50	NS
Repeated measure within group ANOVA	F = 17.5 P = 0.0001	F = 11.4 P = 0.0001	F = 11.19 P = 0.0001
Endothelial cell count.
Pre-operative	2311.73 ± 288.0	2359.78 ± 383.2	2526.6 ± 305.4	2.36	NS
Day one	2021.20 ± 201.0	2035.05 ± 377.0	2196.4 ± 378.2	0.11	NS
Three month	1973.00 ± 537.0	1959.00 ± 503.0	2132.0 ± 482.0	0.82	NS
Repeated measure within group ANOVA	F = 4.2 P = 0.004	F = 2.20 P = NS	F = 17.5 P = 0.0001

a: p < 0.05, b: <0.01, c: <0.001 as compared to preoperative parameter

UCVA = Uncorrected visual acuity

BCVA = Best corrected visual acuity

ANOVA = Analysis of Variance

NS = Not Significant