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Table 4 Comparison of complete success and qualified success between trabeculectomies without releasable suture and trabeculectomies with releasable suture

From: Trabeculectomy with versus without releasable sutures for glaucoma: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Trial

Studies ( n)

Success rate, n/N(%)

RR (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

Overall effect

Without releasable suture

Releasable suture

Q

P

I2 (%)

Z

P

Complete success

         

All trials

5

90/119 (75.63%)

92/111 (82.88%)

0.92 (0.80,1.04)

1.31

0.860

0.00%

1.31

0.191

Qualified success

All trials

4

83/87 (95.40%)

76/79 (96.20%)

0.99 (0.89,1.11)

0.34

0.560

0.00%

0.20

0.845

  1. Abbreviations: RR risk ratio, CI confidence interval.