Table 4. Complications recorded during surgery and at discharge.
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Foldable lens group, n=589 |
Rigid lens group, n=611 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | χ2 P-value | |
| Complications during surgery | 14 | 2.38 | 20 | 3.27 | 0.349 |
| Incomplete capsulorhexis | 4 | 0.68 | 7 | 1.15 | 0.397 |
| Descemet stripping | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.979 |
| Posterior capsule rupture | 7a | 1.19 | 7 | 1.15 | 0.945 |
| Dropped nucleus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Zonular dialysis | 1 | 0.17 | 5 | 0.82 | 0.111 |
| Immediate post-operative complications | 17 | 2.89 | 22 | 3.6 | 0.485 |
| Corneal oedema | 15 | 2.55 | 13 | 2.13 | 0.631 |
| Inflammation | 2 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0.149 |
| Endophthalmitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Hyphaema | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0.308 |
| Hypotony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Raised intraocular pressure >25 mm Hg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.326 |
| Subluxated/decentred lens | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.49 | 0.089 |
| Wound leak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
a
One person needed an anterior chamber intraocular lens.