Endothelial cell density changes in diabetic and nondiabetic eyes undergoing phacoemulsification employing phaco-chop technique.

The present study reveals significant differences between pre-surgical and postoperative mean ECD values; however, no statistically significant differences were found when comparing ECD at each follow-up visit between diabetic patients without evidence of high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy and nondiabetic patients undergoing phacoemulsification employing phaco-chop technique.