The Effect of Ablation Depth on Dry Eye After LASIK Treatment of Myopia

Minia University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Incidence and Severity of Dry Eye After Myopic LASIK

Treatments: Procedure: LASIK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03228784

5780

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study tried to find the relation between ablation depth and degree of dryness after LASIK treatment of myopic patients

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with age ≥ 21 years
• Normal Pentacam maps
• Myopia with spherical equation less than 12 D
• Corneal thickness ≥ 500 Microns
• Calculated residual stromal bed ≥ 280 microns
• No signs or symptoms of dry eye.

Exclusion Criteria :

• Keratoconus and forme fruste keratoconus
• Auto-immune diseases
• History of dry eye or previous use of tear substitutes
• Previous ocular surgery
• Pregnant or lactating women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)