Table 1. Patients characteristics.

VA – Visual acuity

IOP – intraocular pressure

*after 16 days

	Group P (prednisolone) n=5	Group C (curcumin) n=5	Group N (No therapy) n=5	p-value
PREOPERATIVE
Ratio of male/female	4/1	3/2	4/1	0.31
Patient age in years	64.9±3	70.1±5	69.4±9	0.74
Preoperative flare in pc/ms	18.7±2.2	22.8±5.6	19.2±1.4	0.52
Preoperative IOP	19±1.5	15±1.2	15±2.2	0.14
Number of days of symptoms until surgery	4.9±2.0	5.6±1.5	4.7±1.2	0.75
Preoperative phak/pseudophak	2/3	¼	1/4	0.2
Number of foramina	2.4±1.8	2.1±0.9	2.3±1.7	0.76
POSTOPERATIVE
Postoperative PVR development	1/5*	0/5	0/5	0.27
Flare in pc/ms, two weeks	5.1±2.7	5.2±1.3	5.0±1.8	0.82
VA in logMAR, six months	0.56±0.31	0.53±0.19	0.53±0.17	0.44