First Postoperative Day Review After Uneventful Phacoemulsification

Veroia General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: BCVA; Phacoemulsification; Complications

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01247155

9151

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized trial was to examine the value of the review on the first postoperative day after uneventful phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion criteria were the following:

i) intra-operative complications, such as posterior capsule rupture, vitreous loss, lost nucleus, zonule dehiscence and wound leak,

ii) inadequate social support for overnight care at home,

iii) severely limited visual potential in the fellow eye,

iv) uveitis or ocular trauma,

v) severe systemic diseases limiting activity,

vi) patients with learning disability or dementia.

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups

first day review

non-first day review