Corneal Topographic Changes After Pterygium Surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pterygium
• Interventions: Procedure: Excision of pterygium

• Registration Number: NCT05026307
• Lead Sponsor: Sohag University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the corneal topographic changes after primary pterygium surgery

Detailed Description

Prospective interventional comparative study . This study will be conducted on eyes with primary pterygium before and after successful excision in department of ophthalmology, Sohag university hospital to assess the corneal topographic changes using pentacam .

Postoperative evaluation will be scheduled for one month ,three and six months postoperative.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-15
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-08-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-08-30
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-30
• Primary Completion: 2021-12
• Study Completion: 2022-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with primary pterygium

Exclusion Criteria

• patients with recurrent pterygium
• patients with primary pterygium with other ocular pathologies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pterygium	Excision of pterygium	Simple surgical excision of pterygium withe bare sclera

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in corneal topography	One month, three and six months postoperative	Detection of changes in corneal topography using Pentacam

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sohag; 🇪🇬 Sohag, Egypt