A study which compares two types of anaesthesia (injection which causes loss of sensation and pain) for cataract surgery
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H259- Unspecified age-related cataract
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/03/018043
- Lead Sponsor
- Ajay K
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 164
Inclusion Criteria
Patients scheduled to undergo elective MSICS, above the age of 40 years, who give informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Complicated cataract
2. Presence of corneal opacities
3. Any eye not dilating to at least 6 mm preoperatively
4. Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the component medications used
for anaesthesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Effectiveness of subconjunctival anaesthesia for manual small incision cataract surgery will be knownTimepoint: During surgery and 10 minutes after surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of subconjunctival anaesthesia with subtenon anaesthesia for manual small incision cataract surgery will be assessedTimepoint: During surgery and 10 minutes after surgery