Table 4 Compression of complications, recurrence, duration of admission, and volume of abscess in patients with and without compressive optic neuropathy and in different locations
parameters | Compressive optic neuropathy | P value | Location of collection | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive(n = 10) | Negative(n = 13) | Superior (n = 14) | Supra-temporal (n = 3) | Inferior (n = 6) | |||
Complications | |||||||
 Yes | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 0.2 | 2 (50%) | 2 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0.15 |
 No | 7 (36.8%) | 12 (63.2%) |  | 12 (63.2%) | 1 (5.3%) | 6(31.6%) |  |
Recurrence | |||||||
 Yes | 4 (57.1%) | 3 (42.9%) | 0.245 | 4 (57.3%) | 1 (14.7%) | 2(28%) | 0.52 |
 No | 6 (37.5%) | 10 (62.5%) |  | 10 (62.5%) | 2 (12.5%) | 4(25%) |  |
Duration of admission (day) | 10.9 ± 4.012 | 9.46 ± 10.36 | 0.68 | 8.93 ± 3.15 | 12.67 ± 7.5 | 11.5 ± 15.19 | 0.7 |
Volume of collection or abscess (mm3) | 3204.97 ± 879.88 | 1280.43 ± 880.68 | < 0.001 | 2184.56 ± 1123 | 3650.36 ± 1041.92 | 1193.39 ± 1132.08 | 0.02 |