Postoperative complication n, (%, 95% CI) | Aphakes (119 eyes) | Pseudophakes (54 eyes) | P value |
Visual axis opacification | 5 (4.2%, 1.6% to 10%) | 12 (22.2%, 12.5% to 35.9%) | 0.0004 |
Secondary glaucoma | 6 (5.0%, 2.1% to 11.1%) | 1 (1.9%, 0.1% to 11.2%) | 0.37 |
Endophthalmitis | 1 (0.8%, 0.04% to 5.3%) | 1 (1.9%, 0.1% to 11.2%) | 0.56 |
Vitreous in anterior chamber | 1 (0.8%, 0.04% to 5.3%) | 0 (0%, 0% to 8.3%) | 0.50 |
Corneal decompensation | 0 (0%, 0% to 3.9%) | 1 (1.0%, 0.1% to 11.2%) | 0.13 |
Vitreous haemorrhage | 2 (1.7%, 0.3% to 6.5%) | 0 (0%, 0.1% to 11.2%) | 0.34 |
Total | 15 (12.6%, 7.5% to 20.3%) | 14 (25.9%, 15.4% to 39.9%) | 0.04 |
Bonferroni correction was made and p<0.007, that is, 0.05/7, was considered statistically significant.