Comparison of Argon Laser and Radiofrequency in Trichiasis Treatment

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Trichiasis

Treatments: Procedure: argon laser and radiofrequency

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00776269

8724

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this clinical trial study,the investigators intend to compare two methods of trichiasis treatment.One by argon laser and the other by radiofrequency then compare the result of these procedures, especially, the investigators would like to compare which of these have less complications such as bleeding,pain,notch in the site of surgery and etc.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients who came to labbafinejad oculoplastic clinic due to trichiasis

Exclusion criteria

• Having a history of entropion
• Any history of previous laser ,radiofrequency therapy or surgery
• More than 50% of the area is involved with trichiasis
• More than 10 eye lashes need to be treated

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

argon laser

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: argon laser and radiofrequency