To Compare the Progressive Cracking Technique and Conventional Chop Technique on Corneal Endothelial Cells in Patients With Hard Nucleus Cataract

Yune Zhao

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hard Nuclear Cataract; Progressive Cracking Technique; Corneal Endothelial Cell

Treatments: Procedure: Progressive Cracking Technique; Procedure: Conventional Chop Technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04828499

WDD-hard-nucleus cataract

Details and patient eligibility

About

Approximately 60 participants at Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University during January,2017 to June 2021 will be enroll in our study. And dived them randomly into 2 groups:Progressive Cracking Technique (30 eyes) and Conventional Chop Technique (30 eyes) .

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cataract with Grade IV~V nucleus sclerosis
• Cataract surgery is planned
• The operation was successful without any complications

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with other diseases that affect the corneal endothelium
• Has a history of anterior segment surgery
• Failure to cooperate with follow-up

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Progressive Cracking Technique

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with hard nucleus cataract were treated with Progressive Cracking Technique.

Treatment:

Procedure: Progressive Cracking Technique

Conventional Chop Technique

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with hard nucleus cataract were treated with Conventional Chop Technique.

Treatment:

Procedure: Conventional Chop Technique