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. 2013 Sep 23;7:1859–1865. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S38997

Table 2.

Operative sutures of the studied four groups

Operative sutures	Group 1 20-gauge Claes system (n = 34)		Group 2 23-gauge (n = 32)		Group 3 20- and 23-gauge (n = 27)		Group 4 Conventional 20-gauge (n = 36)
Operative sutures	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Suture
No suture	17	50.0	21	65.6	6	22.2	0	0
One suture	5	14.7	7	21.9	13	48.1	0	0
Two sutures	7	20.6	1	3.1	6	22.2	0	0
Three sutures	5	14.7	3	9.4	2	7.4	36	100
X²	118.48
P	0.0001^a
	Group 1 versus group 3, P=0.023^a
	Group 1 versus group 4, P=0.0001^a
	Group 2 versus group 3, P=0.003^a
	Group 2 versus group 4, P=0.0001^a
	Group 3 versus group 4, P=0.0001^a

Note:

^a

Significant (P < 0.05).