Patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy: evaluation of preoperative quality of vision and postoperative follow-up after posterior lamellar keratoplasty

• Conditions: corneal dystrophy; partial corneal transplantation; 10047518

• Registration Number: NL-OMON31840
• Lead Sponsor: ederlands Instituut voor Neurowetenschappen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1) Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy; either unoperated patients or after PLK
2) Able and willing to participate in the study and to understand and sign the informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients with Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy and other opthalmological conditions which can influence quality of vision
2) Not able or unwilling to participate in the study or to understand and sign the informed consent form

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>1) Evaluation of the long term clinical results of DSEK: what is the<br /><br>improvement in quality of vision as compared to the pre-operative situation?<br /><br>2) Correlation of the endothelial cell count, keratometry and corneal and<br /><br>posterior transplant thickness with the improvement in quality of vision. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>not applicable</p><br>