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Table 3 Mean number of anti-VEGF injections used in each group

From: Prevalence and implications of the presence of intraocular silicone oil droplets in patients treated with intravitreal injections of anti-VEGF

 

Non-existent

Scarce

Moderate

Abundant

Significance among groups

Total number of intravitreal injections (n, SD)

6.26 (SD 1.06)

10.05 (SD 1.06)

13.09 (SD 1.77)

11.97 (SD 1.40)

p < 0.001a

Aflibercept intravitreal injection (n, SD)

1.51 (SD 0.33)

5.82 (SD 0.73)

7.45 (SD 1.02)

9.32 (SD 1.23)

P < 0.001a

Ranibizumab intravitreal injection (n, SD)

4.40 (SD 0.97)

3.78 (SD 0.790)

4.97 (SD 1.22)

1.15 (SD 0.49)

p = 0.006a

Bevacizumab intravitreal injection (n, SD)

0.30 (SD 0.113)

0.30 (SD 0.169)

0.51 (SD 0.176)

1.26 (SD 0.451)

p = 0.069a

Dexamethasone intravitreal implant (n, SD)

0.14 (SD 0.140)

0.23 (SD 0.166)

0.14 (SD 0.083)

0.26 (SD 0.236)

p = 0.702a

  1. Statistically significant p < 0.05 in bold
  2. aKruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test