Objective signs of the operative eye
conjunctival congestion, corneal edema
EDEMATOUS, CORNEAL EDEMA, CORNEA, LENS

A single blinded test was applied for corneal edema assessment, where one senior ophthalmologist masked the allocation of the participant’s group while examining the ocular condition of each participant using slit-lamp microscopy. The resulting ocular status was recorded using a score range between 0–3. A higher score represents worse symptoms, where 0 implies a symptom-free cornea and 3 indicates the most edematous cornea. In addition, conjunctival congestion was examined by the same experienced doctor via slit-lamp using the same single blinding method and the ophthalmologic status was recorded. Scoring ranged 0–3, and the higher the score, the worse the conjunctival congestion.Corneal contact lens conditions were also recorded at each examination.