Research Article

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

Table 4

The mean preoperative and postoperative cylinder, mean SIA, SIA axis, and torque effect 3 months postoperatively (vector analysis using the Alpins method).

ParameterThree-month postoperatively

Preoperative cylinder (D)1.52 ± 1.05
Postoperative cylinder (D)1.68 ± 0.98
SIA (D)0.94 ± 0.71
SIA axis (°)77.06 ± 57.12
Torque effect0.07 ± 0.83

D: diopter; SIA: surgically induced astigmatism; °: degree.