DMEK And Cataract Surgery: Comparison Of Sequential Versus Combined Procedure (CISIPHE)

Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

Status: Completed

Conditions: Corneal Graft; Cataract

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03355924

2016-08Obs-CHRMT

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to describe the outcomes of phaco-DMEK (Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty ) according to a sequential versus a combined procedure

Full description

The study included patients who underwent DMEK combined or not with cataract surgery between January 2014 and march 2016. Were excluded patients with other ocular comorbidity, and those who had graft after a first graft failure. The main outcome was BVCA measured at one year. The post-operative follow up was down at D7, M1, M3, M6, and M12. Secondary outcomes were; the mean time to visual recovery and influence of the delay between cataract removal and DMEK.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who underwent DMEK combined or not with cataract surgery

Exclusion criteria

• patients with other ocular comorbidity, and those who had graft after a first graft failure