Table 2.
Characteristics of the studies included in the meta‐analysis
| Study | Number of Patients | Mean follow‐up (pre/post; year) | pre‐op ROP [mean (SD); dB/year] | post‐op ROP [mean (SD); dB/year] | Change in ROP [mean (SE); dB/year]a | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folgar et al. (2010) | 28 | 3.6/3.5 | −1.48 (1.4) | −0.43 (0.8) | 1.05 (0.41) | 0.01 |
| Bhardwaj et al. (2013; pre‐op progressors) | 9 | 5.8/4.5 | −1.0 (0.9) | −0.2 (0.38) | 0.80 (0.34) | 0.02 |
| Bhardwaj et al. (2013; pre‐op non‐progressors) | 8 | 5.8/4.5 | 0.1 (0.8) | −0.2 (0.4) | −0.30 (0.35) | 0.40 |
| Bertrand et al. (2014) | 52 | 3.8/3.9 | −0.36 (0.79) | −0.16 (0.58) | 0.20 (0.14) | 0.15 |
| Mataki et al. (2014) | 34 | 4.6/5.7 | −0.70 (0.52) | −0.25 (0.50) | 0.45 (0.11) | <0.001 |
| Caprioli et al. (2016) | 74 | 5.1/5.4 | −0.7 (1.1) | −0.1 (0.8) | 0.60 (0.18) | <0.001 |
| Iverson et al. (2016) | 9 | 7.6/5.4 | −1.05 (0.66) | −0.25 (0.86) | 0.80 (0.41) | 0.05 |
| Oie et al. (2017) | 17 | 5.9/15.6 | −0.86 (0.51) | −0.19 (0.2) | 0.67 (0.20) | <0.001 |
| Junoy Montolio et al. | 20 | 7.0/7.6 | −0.37 (0.52) | −0.15 (0.48) | 0.22 (0.18) | 0.23 |
ROP = rate of progression; SD = standard deviation; SE = standard error.
a
Estimated SE in case of non‐exact p value.