Comparing performance and outcomes of traditional phaco vs. laser assisted phaco in eyes with narrow anterior segment cataract.
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patients undergoing phacoemulsification for age-related cataracts and have a shallow anterior chamber.Health Condition 2: H259- Unspecified age-related cataract
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/09/006191
- Lead Sponsor
- Alcon Laboratories Inc
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 182
Inclusion Criteria
Adult male or female patients requiring cataract surgery at least in one eye
Exclusion Criteria
Coexisting ocular morbidity, inability to come for followup
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Corneal thickness measured by ultrasonic pachymetry on day 1, week 1 and 1 month (Change in corneal thickness of 15% from preop. will be considered significant). <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Corneal thickness measured by ultrasonic pachymetry on day 1, week 1 and 1 month (Change in corneal thickness of 15% from preop. will be considered significant). <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Anterior chamber cells, Presence of Descemats folds, Presence of Descemats detachment,Percentage change in endothelial cell, Iris damage on slit lamp examination, unaided visual acuity, best corrected distance visual acuity, surgeons grading of intraoperative difficultyTimepoint: 1 week, 1 month and 3 months