Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Limbal relaxing incision: Correction in pre existing corneal astigmatism will be done by limbal relaxing incision technique in myopic patients undergoing phacoemulsification in 40 mi
Sponsors
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients having all types of cataract except traumatic cataracts and patients having systemic and metabolic causes of cataract . 2. Patients with no history of previous ocular surgery in the operating eye. 3. Patients with Corneal astigmatism from +0.75 to equal to or less than + 3D
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with systemic or metabolic causes of cataracts 2.Patients having immature cataracts associated with other comorbidities, injury, or surgery 3.Patients with Retinopathies. 4.Patients with ongoing chronic pathology or corneal dystrophy/ectasia. 4.Complicated cataract. 5.Patients unwilling to participate in the study. 6.Patients with Corneal astigmatism greater than + 3D.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction in post operative astigmatism in patients undergoing this interventionTimepoint: Assessment to be done at 2 weeks and 4 weeks after surgery | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NilTimepoint: NA | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Sachin V Daigavane
Datta Meghe institute of higher education and research
Outcome results
None listed