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

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

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON31840

Enrollment

100

Registered

2008-09-10

Start date

2008-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

corneal dystrophy partial corneal transplantation

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

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

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

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results