Table 5.
Pre-operative values and values post-operative 1 week for both groups. Excluding the cases wherein compound trabeculectomy or trabeculotomy was performed as the alternative approach.
|
Laser surgery group (N = 19) |
Conventional surgery group (N = 17) |
P ↓ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) |
Median (P25, P75) |
Mean (SD) |
Median (P25, P75) |
||
| Pre-operative IOP (mmHg) | 18.63 (6.24) | 17.00 (13.3, 25) | 20.81 (6.42) | 20.2 (15.4, 24.5) | 0.310& |
| Post-operative IOP (mmHg) | 13.47 (2.83) | 12.6 (11.3, 14.8) | 14.72 (3.45) | 13.6 (12.1, 18.4) | 0.238& |
| p # | 0.001• | 0.003• | |||
| Pre-operative Medications | 3.00 (0.75) | 3.00 (2, 4) | 3.24 (0.75) | 3.00 (3, 4) | 0.340† |
| Post-operative Medications | 0.26 (0.65) | 0 (0, 0) | 0.76 (1.15) | 0 (0, 2) | 0.144† |
| p # | 0.004▸ | 0.001▸ | |||
#Intragroups analysis: •A paired t test (drugs normally distributed in both groups), ▸Paired Wilcoxon tests (IOP non-normally distributed in any group).
↓Intergroups analysis: &Independent samples t-test (drugs normally distributed in both groups), †Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney tests (IOP non-normally distributed in any group).