Efficacy and Safety of Argon Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty and Systemic Medical Therapy in Asian Patients with Acute Primary Angle Closure: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 1

Characteristics of the six included randomized controlled trial.

Studies	Year	Location	Design	Sex (M/F)	Intervention	Eye	Age (mean ± SD)	Duration of attack (h)	Follow-up	Jadad score
Lam	2002	China	RCT	51/13	ALPI	32	68.38 ± 10.39	34.66 ± 43.06 h	24 h	3
					Medical therapy	32	68.06 ± 9.16	31.11 ± 31.77 h
Lee	2013	China	RCT	3/7	ALPI	4	78.3 ± 11.0	0.9 ± 0.25 d	≥6 m	3
					Medical therapy	6	79.7 ± 7.2	2.8 ± 3.5 d
Lai	2006	China	RCT	61/10	ALPI	41	70.0 ± 10.5	41.6 ± 47.6	≥6 m	3
					Medical therapy	38	66.5 ± 8.5	29.7 ± 23.8
Sng	2015	Singapore	RCT	13/17	ALPI	15	61.9 ± 9.0	NA	1 h	3
					Medical therapy	15	63.7 ± 6.3