Corneal Changes After Retinal Surgery

Universidade Federal do Paraná

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01446367

Cornea vs Vit-buckle

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the corneal changes after performing 20 gauge vitrectomy associated with scleral buckling for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Full description

Patients submitted to 20-gauge vitrectomy associated with scleral buckling were evaluated with corneal topography before surgery and in the 7,30 and 90 days after surgery to asses corneal curvature changes.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachments

Exclusion criteria

• Previous eye surgery