Corneal Topographic Changes After Pterygium Surgery

Sohag University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pterygium

Treatments: Procedure: Excision of pterygium

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05026307

Soh-Med-21-06-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to assess the corneal topographic changes after primary pterygium surgery

Full description

Prospective interventional comparative study . This study will be conducted on eyes with primary pterygium before and after successful excision in department of ophthalmology, Sohag university hospital to assess the corneal topographic changes using pentacam .

Postoperative evaluation will be scheduled for one month ,three and six months postoperative.

Enrollment: 25 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with primary pterygium

Exclusion criteria

• patients with recurrent pterygium
• patients with primary pterygium with other ocular pathologies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Pterygium

Experimental group

Description:

Simple surgical excision of pterygium withe bare sclera

Treatment:

Procedure: Excision of pterygium