Table 2.

Preoperative and postoperative macular thickness and volume after phacoemulsification

	Phacoemulsification		Mean difference	P-value
	Preoperative	Postoperative
Macular thickness (μm)
Central	214.07±59.95	236.67±63.67	22.60	0.068
Paracentral
Superior	269.93±64.13	303.85±40.81	33.93	0.015
Temporal	238.26±83.95	291.11 ±42.12	52.85	0.001
Inferior	275.00±62.87	288.33±63.00	13.33	0.388
Nasal	277.96±53.61	303.96±32.87	15.96	0.023
Peripheral
Superior	227.19±69.81	269.48±25.60	42.30	0.005
Temporal	180.81±97.37	252.15±31.80	71.33	<0.001
Inferior	247.63±56.45	262.41 ±28.75	14.78	0.090
Nasal	272.93±53.62	288.89±25.77	15.96	0.130
Volume (μm3)	7.85± 1.78	9.46± 1.05	1.60	<0.001