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. 2018 Jul 20;18:177. doi: 10.1186/s12886-018-0826-y

Table 2.

Anatomical and functional outcome in both the groups

Group A
ILM Peeling
Group B
ILM inverted flap
p value
Anatomical closure 76.7% (n = 23/30) 90.0% (n = 27/30) 0.166a
Anatomical success i.e. Type 1 closure 70.0% (n = 21/30) 90.0% (n = 27/30) 0.125b
Type 2 closure 6.7% (n = 2/30) 0
No closure 23.3% (n = 7/30) 10.0% (n = 3/30)
1-line improvement 46.7% (n = 14/30) 53.3% (n = 16/30) 0.606a
2-line improvement 43.3% (n = 13/30) 40.0% (n = 12/30) 0.793a
Mean BCVA at 1 month logMAR 0.68 ± 0.25
(Snellen equivalent, 20/96).
logMAR 0.54 ± 0.19
(Snellen equivalent, 20/69)
0.016 c
Mean BCVA at 6 months logMAR 0.65 ± 0.25
(Snellen equivalent, 20/89)
logMAR 0.53 ± 0.20
(Snellen equivalent, 20/68)
0.060 c
Mean improvement in BCVA 1.4 lines 2.1 lines 0.353d
BCVA≥20/60 26.7% (n = 8/30) 23.3% (n = 7/30) 0.766a

ILM Internal limiting membrane, BCVA Best-corrected visual acuity, aChi-square test, bFisher’s exact test, cMann-Whitney U test, dindependent t-test, in italics - statistically significant value