5. Absorbable (polyglactin‐910) compared to non‐absorbable (silk) sutures.

Outcome	Follow‐up	Absorbable sutures n/N	Silk sutures n/N	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Post‐operative trichiasis	One year	114/608	120/628	0.98 (0.73, 1.30))
	Two years	117/609	118/609	0.99 (0.75, 1.32)
Visual acuity change: deterioration of one or more lines	One year	167/608	146/628	1.25 (0.97, 1.62)
	Two years	191/609	198/609	0.95 (0.75, 1.21)
Deterioration in corneal opacification	One year	6/608	11/628	0.56 (0.21, 1.52)
	Two years	24/609	18/609	1.35 (0.72, 2.51)

Data from Rajak 2011b.

n = number of eyes with outcome; N = total number of eyes followed up