Efficacy of 2% Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose and Bandage Contact Lens for the Management of Dry Eye Disease after Cataract Surgery

Table 2

Cell density of the corneal tissues.

Groups	Eyes	Cell density of the corneal tissues (cells/mm^2)
		Central cornea			Peripheral cornea
		Preoperative	Postoperative	Variation	Preoperative	Postoperative	Variation
Corneal epithelial cells
BSS	16	4953.00 ± 583.53	4875.00 ± 539.51	−78.00 ± 884.66	4990.94 ± 588.24	5047.25 ± 651.93	56.31 ± 956.68
HPMC	19	4561.14 ± 817.64	4642.86 ± 715.33	81.71 ± 927.71	4710.59 ± 775.01	4825.60 ± 677.77	52.00 ± 641.09
BCL	14	4813.71 ± 498.64	5044.00 ± 524.32	230.29 ± 654.91	4820.42 ± 532.86	5148.00 ± 470.36	327.58 ± 654.60
H&B	14	4862.00 ± 618.64	5083.00 ± 335.56	221.00 ± 670.41	4984.57 ± 659.60	5292.00 ± 584.53	396.00 ± 802.09
F		0.507	1.003	0.259	0.683	1.450	0.733
value		0.681	0.407	0.855	0.566	0.239	0.537
Corneal basal cells
BSS	16	5843.50 ± 709.15	5921.50 ± 978.55	78.00 ± 871.46	6006.00 ± 628.03	6116.50 ± 818.65	110.50 ± 775.68
HPMC	19	5057.46 ± 1368.59	5526.86 ± 541.83	469.39 ± 997.00	5382.51 ± 936.38	5622.50 ± 873.20	286.61 ± 851.80
BCL	14	5720.00 ± 462.19	6076.57 ± 418.62	356.57 ± 545.73	5785.96 ± 663.38	6153.33 ± 882.01	367.38 ± 566.20
H&B	14	5791.50 ± 612.09	6480.50 ± 858.03	314.00 ± 882.14	5872.29 ± 616.78	6328.62 ± 784.47	516.62 ± 983.52
F		1.356	2.067	0.290	1.799	1.943	0.476
value		0.278	0.129	0.832	0.158	0.134	0.700
Corneal endothelial cells
BSS	16	2529.63 ± 157.94	2483.88 ± 330.20	−45.75 ± 420.54	2510.44 ± 313.91	2362.81 ± 300.54	−147.62 ± 437.81
HPMC	19	2390.86 ± 499.46	2249.57 ± 304.99	−141.29 ± 402.19	2479.95 ± 377.81	2217.16 ± 379.25	−262.79 ± 360.53
BCL	14	2557.86 ± 315.39	2283.71 ± 198.58	−274.14 ± 401.21	2565.79 ± 346.66	2315.07 ± 373.21	−250.71 ± 534.73
H&B	14	2806.38 ± 298.79	2769.88 ± 406.20	−36.50 ± 506.12	2702.86 ± 361.19	2383.43 ± 619.37	−319.43 ± 593.36
F		2.049	4.154	0.470	1.202	0.519	0.343
value		0.132	0.016	0.706	0.317	0.671	0.794

BSS, balanced salt solution; HPMC, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; BCL, bandage contact lens; H&B, combined hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and bandage contact lens. ^∗P < 0.05.