A Prospective Observational Case Series of a Four-ring-haptic Acrylic One-piece IOL (Qu01)

General Hospital Linz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cataract

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01244373

Quatrix01

Details and patient eligibility

About

To describe biocompatibility, postoperative results and complications after implantation of the Corneal Quatrix Evolutive (Corneal, Croma, Austria) intraocular lens, a hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lens (IOL) with 4-haptic design and 360° sharp optic edge.

Full description

In this prospective case series the Corneal Quatrix Evolutive IOL was implanted in 14 eyes of nine patients with senile cortico-nuclear cataract. A standardized surgical technique and post-operative regimen were applied. Six months postoperatively best corrected visual acuity (BCVA), refraction and complications (especially) posterior capsule opacification (PCO) were analysed.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with senile cortico-nuclear cataracts without previous intraocular surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Dilated pupil size of < 6 mm
• long-term anti-inflammatory treatment
• previous history of intraocular surgery
• previous history of corneal endothelial damage
• previous history of ocular trauma
• traumatic cataract
• history of uveitis
• diabetic retinopathy
• advanced macular degeneration

Trial design

9 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with senile cataract

Description:

Patients with senile cataract