Table 4
Exposure outcomes of implants with and without scleral cap per period of follow up
| Implants with scleral cap | Implants without scleral cap | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | 0–0.5 years (n=84) | 0.5–5 years (n=82) | 6–10 years (n=64) | 11–15 years (n=35) | 16–23 years (n=15) | 0–0.5 years (n=36) | 0.5–5 years (n=35) | 6–10 years (n=12) | 11–15 years (n=9) | 16–25 years (n=7) |
| Exposure or removal | 3 (4%) | 4 (5%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drilled, sutured and healed | 12 (14%) | 3 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (8%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spontaneous debridement and healed | 0 | 1 (1%) | 2 (3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Persisting small exposure | 0 | 0 | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spontaneous small healing of sclera | 3 (4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
