Postoperative topical and systemic steroid use
| CSA | Control | p Value | |
| Topical steroids for >1 year | 35 out of 36 | 31 out of 36 | 0.20 |
| No of drops for the first 3 months (mean) | 455 | 470 | 0.78 |
| No of drops for the first 6 months (mean) | 756 | 699 | 0.09 |
| No of drops for the first 12 months (mean) | 1220 | 1063 | 0.17 |
| Systemic steroids during follow up period | 21 out of 49 | 10 out of 49 | 0.03 |
↵Out of those with at least 1 year follow up and have not failed.
↵Dexamethasone equivalent drops. Non-dexamethasone drops converted to equivalent dexamethasone drops using the following relative potencies. Dexamethasone alcohol 0.1% = 1; prednisolone acetate 1% = 1.275; fluoromethalone alcohol 0.1% = 0.775; prednisolone phosphate 0.3% = 0.35.11
↵Fisher exact test.
↵Mann-Whitney test.