Clinical Analysis of Ocular Parameters Contributing to Intraoperative Pain During Standard Phacoemulsification
- Conditions
- Phacoemulsification
- Registration Number
- NCT03031652
- Lead Sponsor
- Kyungpook National University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Charts of 142 patients who underwent standard phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia between March and August 2016 were reviewed. The pain during phacoemulsification and 1 h after surgery was assessed and compared using a visual analog scale.
- Detailed Description
Patients scheduled for elective phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation with the Infiniti Vision System (Alcon, Fort Worth, USA) were included. All operations were performed in Kyungpook National University Hospital by the same surgeon between March and August 2016.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 142
- Patients underwent phacoemulsification with topical anesthesia
- Patients who needed general anesthesia or were taking medications capable of affecting perceived pain
- Patients who had traumatic cataract and/or conditions likely to require vitrectomy and trans-scleral fixation of posterior chamber intraocular lens
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain score assessed with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) 1 hour after the end of surgery Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured.
A third person assessed subjective pain using a pain visual analog scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable) after surgery.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Kyungpook national university hospital
🇰🇷Daegu, Samduk-2ga, Jung-gu, Korea, Republic of
Kyungpook national university hospital🇰🇷Daegu, Samduk-2ga, Jung-gu, Korea, Republic of