Table 1.
(a) Demographic and clinical characteristics of patient population (n = 791). (b) Distribution of demographic and clinical characteristics according to final visual acuity (VA).
| (a) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Females (n = 232) | Male (n = 559) | ||
| Age group, n (%) | |||
| 0–18 | 130 (56.0) | 275 (49.2) | |
| 19–50 | 69 (29.7) | 222 (39.7) | |
| >50 | 33 (14.2) | 62 (11.1) | |
| Laterality, n (%) | |||
| Right | 120 (51.7) | 289 (51.7) | |
| Left | 112 (48.3) | 270 (48.3) | |
| Presenting VA, n (%) | |||
| ≥6/12 | 17 (7.3) | 25 (4.5) | |
| 6/12–6/60 | 23 (9.9) | 45 (8.1) | |
| 3/60–1/60 | 23 (9.9) | 48 (8.6) | |
| CF | 35 (15.1) | 93 (16.6) | |
| HM to LP | 123 (53.0) | 310 (55.5) | |
| No LP | 11 (4.7) | 38 (6.8) | |
| Duration from initial injury to surgery (mean ± SD), days | 48.92 ± 359.93 | 50.07 ± 367.14 | |
| Duration from presentation to surgery (median, IQR), days | 1.0 (1.0–2.0) | 1.0 (0.0–2.0) | |
| Number of surgical procedures (mean ± SD), years | 1.69 ± 0.82 | 1.77 ± 0.91 | |
| (b) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | ≥6/12 (n = 145) | 6/12–6/60 (n = 146) | 3/60–1/60 (n = 62) | CF (n = 109) | HM to LP (n = 240) | No LP (n = 89) | p-value | |
| Age (mean ± SD), years | 24.1 ± 15.9 | 27.1 ± 18.8 | 29.4 ± 22.8 | 14.5 ± 18.5 | 25.6 ± 20.1 | 21.1 ± 18.4 | <0.0011 | |
| Age group, n (%) | ||||||||
| 0–18 | 69 (47.6) | 61 (41.8) | 27 (43.5) | 80 (73.4) | 113 (47.1) | 55 (61.8) | ||
| 19–50 | 63 (43.4) | 65 (44.5) | 23 (37.1) | 20 (18.3) | 95 (39.6) | 25 (28.1) | ||
| >50 | 13 (9.0) | 20 (13.7) | 12 (19.4) | 9 (8.3) | 32 (13.3) | 9 (10.0) | <0.0012 | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||
| Male | 99 (68.3) | 100 (68.5) | 44 (71.0) | 72 (66.1) | 177 (73.8) | 67 (75.3) | ||
| Female | 46 (31.7) | 46 (31.5) | 18 (29.0) | 37 (33.9) | 63 (26.3) | 22 (24.7) | 0.5682 | |
| Laterality, n (%) | ||||||||
| OD | 72 (49.7) | 80 (54.8) | 35 (56.5) | 53 (48.6) | 123 (51.3) | 46 (51.7) | ||
| OS | 73 (50.3) | 66 (45.2) | 27 (43.5) | 56 (51.4) | 117 (48.8) | 43 (48.3) | 0.8772 | |
| Presenting VA, n (%) | ||||||||
| ≥6/12 | 24 (16.6) | 12 (8.2) | 2 (3.2) | 1 (0.9) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (1.1) | ||
| 6/12–6/60 | 37 (25.5) | 25 (17.1) | 5 (8.1) | 1 (0.9) | – | – | ||
| 3/60–1/60 | 18 (12.4) | 26 (17.8) | 16 (25.8) | 4 (3.7) | 5 (2.1) | 2 (2.2) | ||
| CF | 26 (17.9) | 25 (17.1) | 3 (4.8) | 44 (40.4) | 24 (10.0) | 6 (6.7) | ||
| HM to LP | 40 (27.6) | 58 (39.7) | 36 (58.1) | 57 (52.3) | 201 (83.8) | 41 (46.1) | ||
| No LP | – | – | – | 2 (1.8) | 8 (3.3) | 39 (43.8) | <0.0013 | |
| Shape, n (%) | ||||||||
| Triradiate | 3 (2.1) | 3 (2.1) | 5 (8.1) | 3 (2.8) | 7 (2.9) | 6 (6.7) | ||
| Irregular | 4 (2.8) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | 4 (3.7) | 9 (3.8) | 3 (3.4) | ||
| Round | 2 (1.4) | 3 (2.1) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (1.1) | ||
| Linear | 136 (93.8) | 138 (94.5) | 55 (88.7) | 101 (92.7) | 223 (92.9) | 79 (88.8) | 0.4843 | |
| Size (mean ± SD), | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 5.1 ± 2.0 | 6.0 ± 2.9 | 5.6 ± 2.1 | 6.6 ± 3.6 | 7.4 ± 3.5 | <0.0012 | |
| Zone, n (%) | ||||||||
| 1 | 126 (86.9) | 118 (80.8) | 48 (77.4) | 104 (95.4) | 173 (72.1) | 57 (64.0) | ||
| 2 | 11 (7.6) | 22 (15.1) | 9 (14.5) | 3 (2.8) | 33 (13.8) | 11 (12.4) | ||
| 3 | 8 (5.5) | 6 (4.1) | 5 (8.1) | 2 (1.8) | 34 (14.2) | 21 (23.6) | <0.0012 | |
| Structure involvement, n (%) | ||||||||
| Sclera | 21 (14.5) | 20 (13.7) | 9 (14.5) | 6 (5.5) | 31 (12.9) | 19 (21.3) | ||
| Corneoscleral | 21 (14.5) | 34 (23.3) | 20 (32.3) | 21 (19.3) | 79 (32.9) | 30 (33.7) | ||
| Cornea | 103 (71.0) | 92 (63.0) | 33 (53.2) | 82 (75.2) | 130 (54.2) | 40 (44.9) | <0.0012 | |
| Duration from initial injury to surgery (mean ± SD), days | 32.7 ± 203.4 | 14.8 ± 80.7 | 101.6 ± 609.2 | 73.9 ± 429.3 | 47.7 ± 304.9 | 74.7 ± 612.0 | 0.0503 | |
| Number of surgical procedures (mean ± SD), years | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 1.8 ± 0.8 | 1.9 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 1.0 | 0.0663 | |
| Infections, n (%) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (2.7) | – | 6 (5.5) | 10 (4.2) | 10 (11.2) | 0.0043 | |
| Lid laceration, n (%) | 1 (0.7) | 4 (2.7) | 1 (1.6) | – | 4 (1.7) | 3 (3.4) | 0.3243 | |
(a) CF counting fingers, HM hand motion, LP light perception.
(b) CF counting fingers, HM hand motion, LP light perception.
1Kruskal–Wallis Test.
2Pearson Chi-Square Test.
3Fisher’s Exact Test.