Novel Use of an Adjustable Single 8-0 Polypropylene Suture of Scleral Fixation Without Conjunctival Dissection

Capital Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Suture, Complication

Treatments: Procedure: Novel use of an adjustable single 8-0 polypropylene suture of scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04476264

TR2019IOL

Details and patient eligibility

About

1. observe the effectivity of an adjustable single 8-0 polypropylene suture to scleral fix without conjunctival dissection for the treatment with aphakia or inadequate posterior capsule support.
2. observe the complication of this surgery method.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patients who used an adjustable single 8-0 polypropylene suture of scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection could be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Data from patients with a < 6-month postoperative follow-up or with incomplete operative or postoperative medical records were excluded from this study. Enrolled patients had complete records pertaining to their visual acuity (VA), slit-lamp photographs, and ultrasound biomicroscope (UBM) findings.

Trial design

27 participants in 1 patient group

transscleral IOL fixation

Description:

the use of a novel adjustable single 8-0 polypropylene suture for scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection

Treatment:

Procedure: Novel use of an adjustable single 8-0 polypropylene suture of scleral fixation without conjunctival dissection