Table 3 Follow up rates by eyelids* at each time point.

	3 months (%)†	6 months (%)†	12 months (%)†
Treatment	64/72 (88.9)	62/72 (86.1)	63/71 (88.7)§
Placebo	64/76 (84.2)	65/74 (87.8)‡	60/73 (82.2)§

*Loss of follow up mainly because of patients being away from village at the time of examination.

†Four individuals in the treatment group and three in the placebo group had surgical failure at 3 months and were not included in the numerator for any time point.

‡Two lids (one patient) died of natural causes.

§One lid (one patient) died due to natural causes.