Comparing damage to corneal endothelium by different methods of removing the nucleus in cataract surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H590- Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All patients undergoing surgery for uncomplicated senile cataract with preoperative lens grading of NO4NC4P4 or less by Lens Opacities Classification System III Classification (LOCS III)
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with systemic/ ocular comorbid condition which is known to influence corneal endothelial cell count eg. Diabetes, Pseudoexfoliation
2. Pupil diameter less than 5mm after a full dilatation
3.Patients with intraoperative/ post operative complications which would be confounders in corneal endothelial cell count or would preclude imaging by specular microscopy like PC rent, dislocated IOL, iridodialysis, corneal edema, iridocyclitis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method