3 Snip Punctoplasty With and Without Mitomycine C.

Al-Azhar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Punctal Stenosis

Treatments: Procedure: 3-snip punctoplasty; Procedure: 3-snip punctoplasty and Mitomycin C

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05586620

3 Snip Punctoplasty

Details and patient eligibility

About

Punctal stenosis is a progressive constriction of the puncta with resultant epiphora. One of the most effective treatment options is 1- to 4-snip punctoplasty combined with or without Mitomycin-C.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 63 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with recurrence of punctal stenosis at the end of 1 month following punctal dilatation.

Exclusion criteria

• patients with associated lacrimal passage obstruction

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 2 patient groups

3-snip punctoplasty

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: 3-snip punctoplasty

3-snip punctoplasty with mitomycin C

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: 3-snip punctoplasty and Mitomycin C