Comparison of Manual Super Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsification

Wenzhou Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cataract; Phacoemulsification

Treatments: Procedure: MSSICS; Procedure: Phacoemulsification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01146964

10003

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Phacoemulsification, Safety, Efficacy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Phacoemulsification

MSSICS, Safety, Efficacy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: MSSICS