Tear Film Evaluation After Phacoemulsification (TFAP)

Zheng Qian

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cortical Senile Cataract

Treatments: Procedure: cataract surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02238015

WZMC2013BNZYJ

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare tear film differences between surgical eyes and nonsurgical eyes in patients who had cataract surgery by phacoemulsification in one eye.

Full description

All participants granted their written informed consent to participate in the research protocol.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

age-related cataract without surgery history and dry eye symptoms history

Exclusion criteria

diseases influencing tear secretion (such as Sjögren syndrome, Steve-Johnson syndrome, diabetes, thyroid disease, etc.); history of ocular surgeries or nuclear hardness IV and V, which required the use of larger phacoemulsification energy; use of drugs that affect tear secretion and stability (such as glaucoma medications, artificial tears, corticosteroid drugs, etc.); or presence of ocular diseases (such as Pterygium, blepharitis, uveitis, glaucoma, lacrimal apparatus, etc.).

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

surgery group

Description:

patients underwent cataract surgery with 3.0 mm clear corneal incision at 11 o'clock in one eye

Treatment:

Procedure: cataract surgery

control group

Description:

patients' other eye that did not have surgery