The effectiveness results were as follows:
The incidence of pain at 6 months was 0.26 with ACV and 0.2 with VACV.
The number of primary care physician visits was 0.89 with ACV and 0.78 with VACV.
The number of specialist visits was 0.73 with ACV and 0.58 with VACV.
The number of days in hospital was 1.011 with ACV and 0.911 with VACV.
The number of ocular complications was 0.037 with ACV and 0.031 with VACV.
The number of work days lost was 6.87 with ACV and 5.15 with VACV.
The proportion of patients in paid employment was 0.275.