Table II.
Clinical patient data.
| Intraocular pressure (mmHg) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | n | Pupil diameter before FLACS (mm) | Pupil diameter before CPCS (mm) | Pupil reduction ratio | Concentration of PGE2 in aqueous humor (pg/ml) | CDE (%) | Femtosecond laser action time ± SD (sec) | Suction time ± SD (sec) | Before FLACS | After FLACS |
| I | 22 | – | 7.78±0.76 | – | 12.05±4.67 | 12.95±4.25 | – | – | – | – |
| II | 22 | – | 8.21±0.50 | – | 13.16±3.85ns | 11.89±4.43ns | – | – | – | – |
| III | 19 | 7.64±0.69 | 6.83±1.17 | 9/10 | 51.84±6.67a | 9.42±4.49a | 35.16±5.71 | 206.8±92.79 | 16.66±3.96 | 17.56±8.94 |
| IV | 24 | 7.68±0.56 | 7.45±0.91 | 4/20 | 18.41±4.45a | 7.44±4.73a | 34.5±6.19 | 190.3±85.68 | 16.12±4.12 | 18.44±6.60 |
| V | 23 | 7.72±0.61 | 7.36±0.83 | 5/19 | 18.54±4.32a | 7.42±4.56a | 34.71±6.12 | 193.3±86.13 | 16.31±3.94 | 18.12±6.47 |
| P-value | 0.86 | 0.042 | 0.046 | P<0.05 | P<0.05 | 0.722 | 0.549 | 0.666 | 0.711 | |
a
P<0.05 vs. group I; ns, P>0.05 vs. group I. FLACS, Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery; CPCS, conventional phacoemulsification treatment; CDE, cumulative dissipated energy.