Table 1. Needle insertion and CED results for the evaluated needle insertion speeds.

Insertion speed	0.2 mm/s	2 mm/s	10 mm/s
Hole area * (mm2)	0.0105±0.007	0.0149±0.009	0.0197±0.010
Diameter * (mm)	0.107±0.042	0.137±0.047	0.152±0.046
Perimeter * (mm)	0.383±0.145	0.483±0.153	0.536±0.150
Average pre-stress (Pa)	351.7±92.4	266.7±109.3	240.0±125.1
Backflow percentage ** (%)	17.07±11.7	27.7±11.6	39.4±10.4
Backflow distances ** (mm)	2.82±0.17	2.86±0.12	2.80±0.14

Average values ±1 standard deviation are presented.

*average for 10 and 25 min fixation time points.

**average for 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 µL/min flow rates.