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A study on the effectiveness of local numbing injections around the eye during corneal transplant surgery in corneal ulcers

Assessment of Efficacy of Peribulbar Anesthesia for Therapeutic Keratoplasty and the Risk Factors associated with Poor Intraoperative Anesthesia for Therapeutic Penetrating Keratoplasty and its Outcomes - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/02/102658
Enrollment
300
Registered
2026-02-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-02

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: H160- Corneal ulcer

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Aravind Eye Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Corneal ulcers of any etiology requiring therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty 2. Patients with prior history of Therapeutic keratoplasty requiring repeat therapeutic keratoplasty for graft re- infection or graft melt

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients undergoing cosmetic or optical penetrating keratoplasty 2. Patients with Cognitive impairment 3. Deaf and Mute patients 4. Pregnant and Lactating women 5. Patients on long term anxiolytic agents / other Psychiatric illness 6. Patients who lacked insight and unwilling to participate in the study. 7. Patients requiring general anesthesia for Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Number of patients having poor intraoperative analgesia 2. Number of patients developing intraoperative complications during therapeutic keratoplasty 3. Number of patients requiring repeat intra-operative local anesthesia Timepoint: Baseline. Outcome measures are assessed intra-operatively. There are no follow-ups—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NilTimepoint: Nil—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSunil Kumar K

Aravind Eye Hospital

drsunilkumark5550@gmail.com8861373533

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026