Cigarette Smoking as an Independent Predictor of Endothelial Cell Loss After Cataract Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Clin Ophthalmol · 2026 · PMC12927816 · PMID 41737857

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Baseline ECD emerged as the strongest independent predictor of postoperative endothelial cell density (p < 0.001), while smoking status and pack-years demonstrated a trend toward negative impact that did not reach statistical significance when adjusting for age and preoperative cell count.

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