Comparison of Manual Super Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsification

Overview

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of manual super small incision cataract surgery (MSSICS) and Phacoemulsification.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: June 2011

Interventions

  • Procedure: MSSICS
    • Manual super small incision cataract surgery
  • Procedure: Phacoemulsification
    • cataract surgery with Phacoemulsification

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Phacoemulsification, Safety, Efficacy
  • Experimental: MSSICS, Safety, Efficacy

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Corneal endothelial cell loss
    • Time Frame: 3 months postoperatively

Secondary Measures

  • postoperative astigmatism
    • Time Frame: 3 months postoperatively
  • visual acuity
    • Time Frame: 3 month postoperatively

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age related cataract patients – Cataract density grade II-III according to the Emery-Little system classification system Exclusion Criteria:

  • Legal guardian(s) is/are not present for permission – Other eye diseases impairing visual acuity (ie. glaucoma) – patients with severe systemic diseases not good for ocular surgery

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 50 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Wenzhou Medical University
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Xiangtian Zhou, MD – Wenzhou Medical University
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical College, China

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