Table 2.
Refractive and visual outcomes, presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD), of PK, DALK and DMEK patients. Results of the ANOVA test and post hoc Tukey pair-wise analysis are shown. Any p-value < 0.05 denotes statistical significance.
Procedure |
ANOVA |
Tukey pair-wise analysis |
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PK | DALK | DMEK | F | p | Pairs | p | |
DCVAa (logMAR) | 0.05 ± 0.06 | 0.12 ± 0.12 | 0.04 ± 0.05 | 2.993 | 0.061 | ||
Sphere (D) | 1.06 ± 1.60 | −0.64 ± 1.70 | 0.66 ± 1.09 | 3.682 | 0.033 | PK-DMEK | 0.675 |
PK-DALK | 0.025 | ||||||
DMEK-DALK | 0.121 | ||||||
Cylinder (D) | −2.85 ± 2.05 | −2.28 ± 0.82 | −0.76 ± 0.70 | 9.129 | <0.001 | PK-DMEK | <0.001 |
PK-DALK | 0.671 | ||||||
DMEK-DALK | 0.079 | ||||||
CSb 3 cpdc (log CS) | 1.38 ± 0.23 | 1.44 ± 0.23 | 1.47 ± 0.17 | 0.984 | 0.382 | ||
CS 6 cpd (log CS) | 1.54 ± 0.25 | 1.50 ± 0.23 | 1.66 ± 0.24 | 1.686 | 0.197 | ||
CS 12 cpd (log CS) | 1.09 ± 0.36 | 0.90 ± 0.32 | 1.33 ± 0.24 | 5.570 | 0.007 | PK-DMEK | 0.051 |
PK-DALK | 0.354 | ||||||
DMEK-DALK | 0.010 | ||||||
CS 18 cpd (log CS) | 0.65 ± 0.30 | 0.30 ± 0.25 | 0.89 ± 0.25 | 11.541 | <0.001 | PK-DMEK | 0.023 |
PK-DALK | 0.019 | ||||||
DMEK-DALK | <0.001 |
DCVA: distance corrected monocular visual acuity.
CS: contrast sensitivity.
cpd: cycles per degree.