Table 3.
Meta-analysis results for K1
Study | Number of eyes | Preoperative | Postoperative | |||
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Mean (D) | SD | Mean (D) | SD | Mean Difference | ||
Altin Ekin et al. [2] | 103 | 43.35 | 1.92 | 43.68 | 1.77 | 0.33 [− 0.17; 0.83] |
Osaki et al. [11] | 40 | 44.66 | 2.06 | 44.78 | 2.28 | 0.12 [− 0.83; 1.07] |
Bhattacharjee et al. [14] | 60 | 42.41 | 1.08 | 42.40 | 1.08 | − 0.01 [− 0.40; 0.38] |
Vola et al. [20] | 60 | 43.95 | 1.30 | 43.96 | 1.29 | 0.01 [− 0.45; 0.47] |
Total (95% CI): P=0.49; I2 = 0% | 0.09 [− 0.16; 0.33] | |||||
Skin only blepharoplasties [2, 11] (95% CI): P=0.21; I2 = 0% | 0.28 [− 0.16; 0.73] | |||||
Follow-up > 1 month [11, 14, 20](95% CI): P=0.95; I2 = 0% | 0.01 [− 0.27; 0.29] | |||||
Follow-up ≥ 6 months [14, 20] (95% CI): P=0.99; I2 = 0% | 0.00 [− 0.30; 0.30] | |||||
Subgroup differences (skin only blepharoplasty [2, 11] and other techniques [14, 20]): P = 0,30; I2 = 8,6% |
D: Diopters; SD: Standard deviation; 95% CI: Ninety-five percent confidence interval; I2: I2 test for heterogeneity; P: P values