Comparison between accelerated and conventional methods of Cornea collagen crosslinking in keratoconus patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- keratoconus.conical cornea
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013040912960N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Research and technology department
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
documented keratoconus patients who had refractive error higher than 2 diopters and were willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria: patients with poor compliance, who do not follow the post-operation orders precisely and confound the results, such as avoiding to take their medicine or not taking them correctly; patients who are affected with endophthalmitis or any other ophthalmic diseases after surgery; patients with systemic diseases such as collagen vascular disease.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual acuity. Timepoint: Before intervention, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Snelen chart.;Keratometeric evaluation. Timepoint: Before intervention, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Pentacam anterior SimK.;Topographic evaluation. Timepoint: Before intervention, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Pentacam Scheimpflug imagery.;Refractory error. Timepoint: Before intervention, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Auto refractive.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method