Compression of the Lid Margin Increase Microbial Contamination Risk of Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery

Orbis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cataract

Treatments: Procedure: compression and scrub of lid margin; Procedure: routine preparation for cataract

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01859910

Lid margin VS Cataract Surgery

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate whether compression of the lid margin increase microbial contamination risk of patients undergoing cataract surgery

Enrollment: 306 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• (1) Age > 60 years; (2) clinical diagnosis of age related cataract, without previous recent ocular surgery; (3) undergoing phacoemulsification with implantation of intraocular lens ; (4) able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• (1) any inflammation of the eye or other parts of the body within the previous 3 months; (2) chronic use of any types ophthalmic medication; (3) contact lens wear; (4) ocular surgery within the past 3 months; (5) use of systemic antibiotics within 30 days; (6) use of eyedrops in either eye within 3 days of enrollment; (7) need for concurrent glaucoma, cornea or other surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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306 participants in 2 patient groups

compression

Experimental group

Description:

compression and scrub of lid margin for 5 circles before cataract surgery

Treatment:

Procedure: routine preparation for cataract

Procedure: compression and scrub of lid margin

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

no compression or scrub of lid margin

Treatment:

Procedure: routine preparation for cataract