Comparative Study Between Incidence of Dry Eye Following Phacoemulsification and Small Incision Cataract Surgery

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202602579935831

Enrollment

100

Registered

2026-02-11

Start date

2024-12-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Eye Diseases

Interventions

Phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Manual small incision cataract surgery

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients presented with mature cataract underwent cataract extraction either by Phacoemulsification or small incision cataract surgery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: patients with complicated cataract surgery, lid disorder as ectropion, allergic conjunctivitis, corneal disorders, systemic diseases (e.g, DM, RA, or thyroid disorder).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
incidence of new onset or significantly worsened dry eye disease (DED)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Symptom Assessment, Tear Break-Up Time, Schirmer’s Test	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactHamdy Osman

Lecturer of Ophthalmology Al Azhar University

Hamdy4eye@yahoo.com+201007097774

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026