Comparison of Two Phacoemulsification-methods: Low Fluidic EasyTip 2.2mm vs. High Fluidic EasyTip 2.2mm

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cataracts

Treatments: Procedure: cataract surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01936714

EK Nr: 2007/2012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare the intraoperative efficiency, safety and postoperative outcomes of cataract surgery with two different "high-fluidic" settings.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• bilateral age-related cataract
• good overall physical constitution
• LOCS 2-5

Exclusion criteria

• previous intraocular surgery or ocular trauma
• previous corneal pathology
• previous endothelial cell count <1200
• glaucoma
• uveitis
• PEX
• diabetic retinopathy and any other severe retinal pathology that would make a postoperative visual acuity of 20/40 (decimal equivalent = 0.5) or better unlikely
• intraocular complication like posterior capsular
• postoperative comlpications (e.g. postoperative uveitis)

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

HF easyTip 2.2mm

Other group

Description:

The phacoemulsifications tip used was the easyTip 2.2mm tip (Oertli Instruments, Berneck, Switzerland). The cristaline lens was divided into four quadrants using an aspiration flow rate of 10ml/min and vacuum of 70 mmHg. The quadrants were aspirated using the following linear power and fluidic settings: aspiration flow rate 45ml/min, vacuum 600 mmHg, bottle height 100cm.

Treatment:

Procedure: cataract surgery

LF easyTip 2.2mm

Other group

Description:

The phacoemulsifications tip used was the easyTip 2.2mm tip (Oertli Instruments, Berneck, Switzerland). The cristaline lens was divided into four quadrants using an aspiration flow rate of 10ml/min and vacuum of 70 mmHg. The quadrants were aspirated using the following linear power and fluidic settings: aspiration flow rate 20ml/min, vacuum 400 mmHg, bottle height 100cm.

Treatment:

Procedure: cataract surgery