Table 4.

Compression of complications, recurrence, duration of admission, and volume of abscess in patients with and without compressive optic neuropathy and in different locations

parameters	Compressive optic neuropathy		P value	Location of collection			P value
	Positive(n = 10)	Negative(n = 13)		Superior (n = 14)	Supra-temporal (n = 3)	Inferior (n = 6)
Complications
Yes	3 (75%)	1 (25%)	0.2	2 (50%)	2 (50%)	0 (0%)	0.15
No	7 (36.8%)	12 (63.2%)		12 (63.2%)	1 (5.3%)	6(31.6%)
Recurrence
Yes	4 (57.1%)	3 (42.9%)	0.245	4 (57.3%)	1 (14.7%)	2(28%)	0.52
No	6 (37.5%)	10 (62.5%)		10 (62.5%)	2 (12.5%)	4(25%)
Duration of admission (day)	10.9 ± 4.012	9.46 ± 10.36	0.68	8.93 ± 3.15	12.67 ± 7.5	11.5 ± 15.19	0.7
Volume of collection or abscess (mm3)	3204.97 ± 879.88	1280.43 ± 880.68	< 0.001	2184.56 ± 1123	3650.36 ± 1041.92	1193.39 ± 1132.08	0.02