Table 3.
Comparison between preoperative and postoperative visual outcomes.
| Preoperative | 1-month postoperation | 3-month postoperation | 6-month postoperation |
P value 3 versus pre. |
P value 6 versus pre. |
P value 6 versus 3 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UCVA
(logMAR) |
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| Mean (SD) | 0.79 (0.48) | 0.50 (0.26) | 0.44 (0.25) | 0.28 (0.15) | 0.005** | 0.001** | 0.002** |
|
BSCVA
(logMAR) |
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| Mean (SD) | 0.36 (0.21) | 0.34 (0.19) | 0.29 (0.17) | 0.18 (0.09) | 0.19 | 0.009** | 0.007** |
| Sphere (D) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | −2.38 (1.85) | −0.33 (2.34) | −0.62 (2.79) | −0.25 (2.27) | 0.052 | 0.019* | 0.242 |
| Cylinder (D) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | −4.27 (1.25) | −2.18 (0.82) | −1.78 (1.22) | −1.88 (0.95) | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.714 |
| SE (D) | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | −5.46 (1.52) | −2.35 (1.67) | −2.09 (2.19) | −2.01 (1.63) | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.822 |
Notes: UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity; BSCVA: best spectacle-corrected visual acuity; D: diopters; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; SD: standard deviation; SE: spherical equivalent. Significances are based on paired t-test. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01.