Research Article
A Comparison between Tube Surgery, ND:YAG Laser and Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation in the Management of Refractory Glaucoma
Table 2
Accuracy of matching across patient groups and for group pairs,
for each group.
| | Patient group pairs | All groups | Tube/YAG | Tube/diode | YAG/diode |
| | Matching criteria | Exact matches (%) | Exact matches (%) | Exact matches (%) | Exact matches (%) |
| | Glaucoma diagnosis | 34 (75.5) | 34 (75.5) | 34 (75.5) | 45 (100) | | Previous operations | 14 (31.1) | 17 (37.7) | 18 (40.0) | 25 (55.5) | | Glaucoma operations | 19 (42.2) | 24 (53.3) | 22 (48.8) | 29 (64.4) | | Lens status | 36 (80.0) | 42 (93.3) | 36 (80.0) | 39 (86.6) | | Vitrectomy status | 31 (68.8) | 32 (71.1) | 35 (77.7) | 40 (88.8) | | Age | 38 (84.4) | 40 (88.8) | 39 (86.6) | 38 (84.4) |
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