Clinical Outcomes Of Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy Versus Femtosecond Laser Assisted Keratomulesis For Correction Of High Myopia In South Egyptian Population

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201906529708454

Enrollment

150

Registered

2019-06-03

Start date

2016-03-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Eye Diseases

Interventions

Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy with Mitomycin C

Femtosecond Laser Assisted Keratomulesis

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: high myopia (spherical equivalent refraction (SER) = -6.00 D. 17) age 20–45 years LASIK is not possible for full correction due to thin cornea with residual stromal bed = 280µm Emmetropia was the target with full correction of the refractive error.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: preoperative assessment of ocular topography, and included corneal dystrophy with topographic irregularity, pellucid marginal degeneration, formefruste keratoconus severe dry eye syndrome previous corneal or intraocular surgery history of current eyelid disease, or any form of keratitis patients with a history of keloid formation Patients with incomplete 12 months follow up were excluded as well

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
spherical equivalent;Uncorrected visual acuity;Best corrected visual acuity	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Complications;Safety, efficacy and predictability indices	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactMahmoud Farouk

Sohag Faculty of medicine

drmfaroukophth@yahoo.co.uk+201000400883

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026