Table 3 Macrophage (CD68) and glial cell (glial fibrillary acidic protein ) staining of specimens.
| Specimen | Glial cell counts | Macrophage cell counts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Insufficient specimen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Insufficient specimen | |
| Controls, n = 37 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PVR ERMs, n = 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ERM under oil ,n = 33 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Retinectomy ,n = 19 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Retinectomy under oil, n = 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
ERM, epiretinal membrane; PVR, proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
Grade represents the average number of cells per five high‐power fields. 0, no cells present. Insufficient specimen refers to tissue samples too small to grade accurately.