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. 2021 Sep 27;21:511. doi: 10.1186/s12909-021-02934-y

Table 3.

Intrarater reliability (repeatability) for pterygium surgery assessing scale

Item ICC 95% CI
Lower bound Upper bound
Preoperative preparation 0.916*** 0.879 0.941
Microscope use 0.923*** 0.890 0.947
Instrument handling 0.883*** 0.832 0.919
Local anesthesia 0.846*** 0.779 0.893
Conjunctival incision 0.894*** 0.847 0.926
Pterygium head dissection 0.914*** 0.876 0.940
Pterygium body separation and dissection 0.934*** 0.905 0.954
Removal of subconjunctival tissue 0.841*** 0.772 0.889
Hemostasis 0.962*** 0.945 0.974
Conjunctival autograft acquisition 0.909*** 0.869 0.936
Autograft suturing 0.837*** 0.767 0.887
Postoperative clean up 0.908*** 0.867 0.936

ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, CI confidential interval

***P < 0.001