Research Article

Pure ICL Implantation: A Novel Ophthalmic Viscosurgical Device-Free Method

Table 3

Time courses of the optical quality parameters after pure ICL implantation.

Preoperative periodPostoperative period
1 day1 week3 months

MTF cut-off frequency (cpd)48.48 ± 5.2442.91 ± 6.1545.32 ± 3.6048.88 ± 3.92
value
SR0.25 ± 0.060.23 ± 0.040.25 ± 0.060.26 ± 0.06
value
OV100%1.63 ± 0.161.43 ± 0.201.52 ± 0.151.58 ± 0.16
value
OV20%1.26 ± 0.201.10 ± 0.141.15 ± 0.231.27 ± 0.20
value
OV9%0.71 ± 0.180.57 ± 0.120.70 ± 0.140.72 ± 0.12
value
OSI0.41 ± 0.110.60 ± 0.160.57 ± 0.160.43 ± 0.11
value

Note. P1: value of the difference in the visual quality parameters before surgery and one day after surgery; P2: value of the difference in the visual quality parameters before surgery and one week after surgery; P3: value of the difference in the visual quality parameters before surgery and three months after surgery. : significant difference. MTF: modulation transfer function; OSI: objective scattering index; OV: OQAS value.