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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J AAPOS. 2011 Oct;15(5):427–431. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.06.004

Table 1.

Occurrence of intraoperative complications during initial cataract surgery according to PFV diagnosis and treatment groups

Number of patients (%) with
intraoperative complicationa 		P valueb 95% CI for
difference
between percents
No PFV PFV
Treatment groups
combined		 15/65 (23%) 3/18 (17%) 0.75 −14% to −26%
Treatment = CL 5/31 (16%) 1/11 (9%) 0.99 −14% to 28%
Treatment = IOL 10/34 (29%) 2/7 (29%) 0.99 −36% to 38%

CI, confidence interval; CL, contact lens; IOL, intraocular lens; PFV, persistent fetal vasculature.

a

The patient had one or more complications during the initial cataract surgery.

b

Fisher exact test comparing percentages between patients with and without a cataract diagnosis involving PFV.