Endothelial Cell Loss, Cumulative Dissipated Energy, and Surgically Induced Astigmatism in Sutureless Scleral Tunnel Phaco-Assisted Cataract Extraction in Advanced Cataracts

Table 2

Preoperative and postoperative mean BCDVA and ECD at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months.

	Preoperative	1-week postoperative	1-month postoperative	3-month postoperative
Mean BCDVA (LogMAR)	1.21 ± 0.49	0.82 ± 0.17	0.18 ± 0.1	0.16 ± 0.09
value	NA	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Mean ECD (cells/mm^2)	2474.82 ± 486	2416.08 ± 406	2386.36 ± 412	2341.31 ± 471
value		(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)

mm² = millimeter square; BCDVA = best-corrected distant visual acuity; ECD = endothelial cell density.