Table 1.

Patient characteristics for both groups in this study.

Parameter	Total	Group A	Group B	P-value
Operated patients (n)	118	59	59	–
Premature tube loss (n)	1	1	0	–
Patients lost to follow up (n)	9	5	4	–
Included patients (n)	108	53	55	–
Mean ± age (yrs ± SD)	57 ± 13.4	56.8 ± 13.4	57.2 ± 13.5	0.886a
Male/Female (n)	29/79	13/40	16/39	0.593b

Group A = mini-invasive canaliculotomy with punctum-sparing surgical method. Group B = conventional canaliculotomy with punctum-sparing surgical procedure.

SD standard deviation.

^aStatistical analysis performed with the unpaired independent samples t-test.

^bStatistical analysis performed with the Pearson chi-square test.