Comparison of two surgical techniques for cataract surgery with respect to visual and surgical results
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- operable senile cataract
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/03/012285
- Lead Sponsor
- ST STEPHENS HOSPITA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of either sex, age above 45 yrs with operable senile cataract. Operable senile cataract is defined as BCVA (Best Corrected Visual Acuity) of 0.7 or less with logMAR scale.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with previous ocular surgery or trauma
Eye diseases that might affect the final visual acuity like corneal degenerations or dystrophies, uveitis, glaucoma, retinal or macular disorders, irregular and oblique astigmatism, optic atrophy, complicated or secondary cataract and amblyopia
Systemic disease with ocular involvement like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, hyper- or hypo-thyroidism
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline BCVA (Best Corrected Visual Acuity): BCVA will be measured using the ETDRS chart and expressed in logarithm of minimal angle of resolution (logMAR)Timepoint: day 0 <br/ ><br>day 7 <br/ ><br>day 28
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br/ ><br>Contrast sensitivity <br/ ><br>Timepoint: preoperatively and 4 weeks postoperative; <br/ ><br>Incision size <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: intraoperatively;Phaco time(Effective Phacoemulsification Time EPT) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: intraoperatively;Postoperative complications like corneal edema, wound leak, iris prolapseTimepoint: immediate post operative day and week 1 and week 4 postoperatively;Surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Preoperatively and postoperatively at 4 weeks