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A comparative study of effects of different techniques in small incision cataract surgery on vision, corneal curvature and corneal health

A comparative study of visual outcome, surgical induced astigmatism, endothelial cell loss after manual small incision cataract surgery by viscoexpression technique vs phacosandwich technique - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/06/069482
Enrollment
140
Registered
2024-06-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-07-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical Health Condition 2: E119- Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications

Interventions

Intervention1: technique of nucleus delivery in manual SICS: Using phacosandwich technique and viscoexpression during nucleus delivery Control Intervention1: visual outcome, astigmatism and endothelia

Sponsors

Sankara eye hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with best corrected visual acuity (LogMAR) less than or equals to 6/24 2. Patients with controlled diabetes, hypertension and normal IOP 3. Patients with no other ocular pathology 4. Patients with astigmatism less than 2D

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with traumatic or complicated cataract 2. Patients with previous ocular surgery 3. Patients with small pupil (less than 6mm) 4. Patients with preoperative endothelial cell count less than 1500 cells/mm2 5. Patients with brown cataract

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. To assess vision 2. To assess astigmatism 3. To assess corneal endothelial cell countTimepoint: 1. Preoperative 2. Post operative day 1 3. Post operative day 30

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess complications, if anyTimepoint: 1. Post operative day 1 2. Post operative day 30

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPalakala Sukrutha

sankara eye hospital, guntur

madhurisivaram@gmail.com9885483102

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026