None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Comparing 2 methods of correcting high myopia.Either by implanting an intraocular lens on top of the natural lens, or exchanging the normal lens by an artifical intraocular lens
Interventions
Myopics younger than 40 years old with more than 12 dioptres of myopia or who were not fit for Lassie assisted in situ keratomieusis (LASIK) were included . Group A was the Clear lens extraction with foldable intraocular lens implantation this is a one off intervention lasting approximately one half hour, and Group B was the Visian intra ocular contact lens (ICL) implantation this is a one off intervention lasting approximately one half hour . Patients were evaluated for visual and anatomic ou
Myopics younger than 40 years old with more than 12 dioptres of myopia or who were not fit for Lassie assisted in situ keratomieusis (LASIK) were included . Group A was the Clear lens extraction with foldable intraocular lens implantation this is a one off intervention lasting approximately one half hour, and Group B was the Visian intra ocular contact lens (ICL) implantation this is a one off intervention lasting approximately one half hour . Patients were evaluated for visual and anatomic outcome, and complications
Sponsors
Al-Nour eye hospital
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
-Myopia more than 12 diopters, -Myopia of less than 12 diopters if the patients were unsuitable for LASIK due to topography or pachymetry results, -Age less than 45 years
Exclusion criteria
_ Intraocular Pressure (IOP) outside the statistically normal range (more than 21 mmHg), -Presence of iris transillumination defects, -Retinal pathology
Outcome results
None listed