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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2011 Dec;118(12):2480–2486. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.05.024

Table 2.

Patient Demographics and Incidence of Complications in the Three Treatment Groups

Primary n (%)* Chemotherapy n (%)* Chemotherapy and EBRT n (%)* P Value
Eyes 65 (48.1) 49 (36.3) 20 (14.8)
Patients 65 (48.9) 49 (36.8) 19 (14.3)
Age at enucleation, yrs 2.3 (0.3–9), 2.7±1.8 1.7 (0.2–9), 1.9±1.5 2.6 (1.4–8.3), 3.1±1.6 0.02
Time, diagnosis to enucleation, mos 0.2 (0–0.9), 0.13±0.12 3.4 (0–34.3), 5.7±7.8 20.5 (0–125.6), 24.3±21.7 <0.0001
20-mm implant 49 (75.4) 35 (71.4) 7 (35) 0.003
PC-HA 47 (72.3) 30 (61.2) 8 (40) 0.03
Event-free course 57 (87.7) 30 (61.2) 6 (30) <0.0001
Exposure 7 (10.8) 13 (26.5) 8 (40.0) 0.009
Maximum size, mm 5.0 (1–11), 5.9±4.0 6 (1–14), 6.8±4.2 8 (2–15), 7.6±4.4 0.73
Time to exposure, mos 5.0 (1.4–43.3), 11.3±15.0 3.2 (0.9–60.7), 11.7±18.6 1.8 (0.9–7.2), 3.2±2.4 0.42
Contracture 0 (0) 5 (10.2) 11 (55.0) <0.0001
Extrusion 1 (1.5) 2 (4.1) 0 (0) 0.51
Migration 0 (0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0) 0.42
Pyogenic granuloma 0 (0) 8 (16.3) 1 (5.0) 0.003
Further surgeries 6 (9.2) 11 (22.5) 8 (40.0) 0.006
Exposure resolved 5 (71.4) 9 (81.8) 6 (75.0) 0.87

EBRT = external beam radiotherapy; PC-HA = polymer-coated hydroxyapatite.

Significant differences indicated by bolded P values. External beam radiotherapy alone is not included in the table because only 1 eye was in that group.

*

Unless otherwise indicated.

Reported as median (range), mean ± standard deviation.