Effect of Anterior Chamber Instability during Phacoemulsification Combined with Intraocular Lens Implantation

Table 2

Incidence of AC instability at five time points in the two groups evaluated by operating microscopy and iOCT.

Time points	AC stability	Operating microscopy		value	iOCT		value
		Irrigation group (eyes = 121)	Nonirrigation group (eyes = 127)		Irrigation group (eyes = 121)	Nonirrigation group (eyes = 127)
T1	Stability	119 (98.3)	124 (97.6)	0.691	117 (96.7)	122 (96.1)	0.790
	Instability	2 (1.7)	3 (2.4)		4 (3.3)	5 (3.9)
T2	Stability	112 (92.6)	112 (88.2)	0.244	109 (90.1)	111 (87.4)	0.505
	Instability	9 (7.4)	15 (11.8)		12 (9.9)	16 (12.6)
T3	Stability	113 (93.4)	34 (26.8)	<0.001	112 (92.6)	29 (22.8)	<0.001
	Instability	8 (6.6)	93 (73.2)		9 (7.4)	98 (77.2)
T4	Stability	108 (89.3)	14 (11.0)	<0.001	104 (86.0)	9 (7.1)	<0.001
	Instability	13 (10.7)	113 (89.0)		17 (14.0)	118 (92.9)
T5	Stability	106 (87.6)	110 (86.6)	0.816	108 (89.3)	107 (84.3)	0.246
	Instability	15 (12.4)	17 (13.4)		13 (10.7)	20 (15.7)

AC: anterior chamber; iOCT: intraoperative optical coherence tomography. A significant value.