Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty: Small Incision Technique
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 撤回
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- to determine if small incision Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK) is able to further reduce the degree of corneal astigmatism and shorten the time course of corneal topography stabilization
研究概览
简要总结
The research objectives of this study are to determine if small incision Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK) is able to further reduce the degree of corneal astigmatism and shorten the time course of corneal topography stabilization compared to standard full thickness corneal transplant (PKP) surgery.
详细描述
Split thickness lamellar corneal transplants have been performed for many years to replace the front part of the cornea and have been highly successful. What is different about this study is that the surgical procedure involves replacement of the back layers of the cornea rather than the front layers of the cornea. This replacement is done through a small pocket incision to avoid changes in the front surface of the cornea. By leaving the front surface in the cornea without sutures or incisions there is felt to be an advantage in healing and recovery time for the patient. In addition, this particular study will use a pocket incision that is even shorter and smaller in length than the one used in previous DLEK surgeries to try to make healing time even faster and more predictable. This procedure has been successfully performed on patients in the Netherlands for over five years. The procedure has also been successfully performed by doctors in the United States. Subjects participating in this study will be among the first patients to undergo this procedure in the The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 95 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Subjects enrolled in this study will have endothelial dysfunction to a level generally accepted as requiring standard PKP for treatment. Subjects will be offered the alternative surgery of this protocol. All subjects will be between the ages of 21 and
- •Males and females are eligible.
排除标准
- •Central corneal scars, presence of a filtering bleb and uncontrolled glaucoma.
结局指标
主要结局
to determine if small incision Deep Lamellar Endothelial Keratoplasty (DLEK) is able to further reduce the degree of corneal astigmatism and shorten the time course of corneal topography stabilization
次要结局
未报告次要终点