Table 1a.
Patients’ demographics and descriptive statistics.
| Variable | All patients (n = 98) |
End DCR (n = 49) |
Balloon DCR (n = 49) |
Statistical tool (statistic, p value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| Range | 10–73 | 13–73 | 10–67 | |
| Mean | 41.92 | 42.61 | 41.24 | Student's t test |
| SD | 15.72 | 16.16 | 15.40 | (0.43, 0.67) |
| Gender – number (%) | ||||
| Male | 35 (35.71) | 17 (34.69) | 18 (36.73) | Chi-square test |
| Female | 63 (64.28) | 32 (65.30) | 31 (63.26) | (0.4, 0.83) |
| Eye affected – number (%) | ||||
| Right | 29 (29.59) | 14 (53.13) | 15 (30.61) | Chi square test |
| Left | 31 (31.63) | 13 (26.53) | 18 (36.73) | (1.78, 0.40) |
| Both | 38 (38.77) | 22 (44.89) | 16 (32.65) | |
| Side operated – number (%) | ||||
| Right | 50 (51.02) | 26 (53.06) | 24 (48.97) | Chi-square test |
| Left | 48 (48.97) | 23 (46.93) | 25 (51.02) | (0.16, 0.69) |
| Fresh cases – number (%) | 87 (88.77) | 44 (89.79) | 43 (87.75) | Chi-square test |
| Revision cases – number (%) | 11 (11.22) | 05 (10.2) | 06 (12.24) | (0.10,0.75) |
| Prev End DCR | 10 | 05 | 05 | |
| Prev Balloon DCR | 01 | 00 | 01 | |
| Additional nasal pathology – number (%) | ||||
| Total | 12 (12.24) | 06 (12.24) | 06 (12.24) | Chi-square test |
| DNS | 04 | 03 | 01 | (2, 0.57) |
| Concha bullosa | 04 | 01 | 03 | |
| Hypertrophic IT | 02 | 01 | 01 | |
| Polyps | 02 | 01 | 01 | |
| Anaesthesia used – number (%) | ||||
| GA | 67 (68.36) | 34 (69.38) | 33 (67.34) | Chi square test |
| LA | 31 (31.63) | 15 (30.61) | 16 (32.65) | (0.04, 0.83) |
| Duration of follow-up (months) | ||||
| Range | 12–18 | 12–18 | 12–18 | Student's t test |
| Mean | 14.57 | 14.20 | 14.94 | (−1.22, 0.22) |
| SD | 2.98 | 2.92 | 3.03 | |