Table 1 Characteristics of patients with sutured and non-sutured sclerotomies.

From: Vitreous incarceration in sutured vs non-sutured sclerotomies after 25-gauge macular surgery

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Patients with at least 1 sutured sclerotomy (36 patients)

Patient with non-sutured sclerotomy (99 patients)

p

Age (years; mean ± SD)

71.36 ± 7.747

72.46 ± 8.018

0.521

Sex (M/F)

21 (58.3%)/15 (41.7%)

62 (62.6%)/37 (37.4%)

0.692

Laterality (RE/LE)

19 (52.8%)/17 (47.2%)

48 (48.5%)/51 (51.5%)

0.700

Axial Length (mm; mean ± SD)

23.51 ± 0.89

23.56 ± 0.86

0.628

Lens status (P/PP)

18 (50%)/18 (50%)

57 (57.6%)/42 (42.4%)

0.442

Vitreous status (PVD/No PVD)

18 (50%)/18 (50%)

64 (64.6%)/35 (35.4%)

0.163

Diagnosis (ERM/MH)

20 (55.5%)/16 (44.5%)

68 (68.7%)/31 (31.3%)

0.220

Tamponade (Air/C3F8)

20 (55.5%)/16 (44.5%)

68 (68.7%)/31 (31.3%)

0.220

Duration of surgery (min; mean ± SD)

35.42 ± 6.425

33.01 ± 7.111

0.062

  1. RE right eye, LE left eye, P phakic, PP pseudo phakic, PVD posterior vitreous detachment, ERM epiretinal membrane, MH macular hole.