Corneal Subbasal Plexus in Eyes with Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy after Two Different Endothelial Surgeries

Table 2

Summary of corneal nerves morphological parameters of study population.

Corneal nerves parameters	DMEK (n = 7)	DSAEK (n = 7)	value
Nerve fibers length (μm/frame)	487.93 ± 304.16	630.88 ± 408.34	0.472
Nerve fibers length density (μm/mm^2)	5490.51 ± 3422.59	7098.98 ± 4584.93	0.472
Number of fibers (n°)	3.14 ± 1.95	4 ± 2.58	0.497
Number of branching (n°)	0.71 ± 0.76	0.71 ± 1.5	0.43
Number of beadings (n°)	31.43 ± 20.58	30.57 ± 22.44	0.942
Beadings density (beadings/mm)	71.09 ± 8.93	49.62 ± 12.97	0.004∗
Nerve fiber tortuosity (n°)	5.12 ± 2.03	4.88 ± 2.87	0.857

Statistically significant (P < 0.05 )