Psychological Reactions and Persistent Facial Pain following Enucleation

Table 1

Patient demographics.

	No pain; (𝑛 = 9)	Persistent pain; (𝑛 = 8)	𝑃 value
Age
(Mean ± SD, years); Range (years)	60.5 ± 18.2; (41−89)	60.7 ± 18.1; (23−81)	ns
Gender
(Female/male)	6/3	2/6	𝜒^2(1)=4.0, 𝑃<0.5
Time since surgery (years)	3.4 ± 2.1	4.3 ± 2.7
Surgical side
Left	5	3	𝜒^2(1)=0.56, 𝑃 = 0.45, OR = 0.75
Right	4	5
Reason for surgery
Trauma	3	0	n.s
Cancer	2	2
Infection	2	2
Other	2	4
Number of attendance times to GP in the last 12 months
0−4	6	7	𝜒^2(1)=1.01, 𝑃 = 0.3
>5	3	1

Where mean ± standard deviation (SD); 𝜒² = chi-square test; OR = odds ratio.