Comparison of Two Intraocular Gas Injection Techniques in Macula Hole Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-07-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To undertake a prospective randomized clinical trial of vitrectomy and gas tamponade to treat macular hole, utilizing a small amount of undiluted C3F8 (perfluoropropane) versus a large amount of diluted C3F8 versus a small amount of undiluted SF6 (sulfur hexafluoride) versus a large amount of diluted SF6.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• pseudophakia

• without previous vitreoretinal surgery

• diagnosed with a full-thickness macula hole on the optical coherence tomography exam.

• duration of symptoms less than 6 months

• inform consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• ocular trauma

• allergy to any of the products used in the study,

• need to travel by plane in the first 60 postoperative days

• myopia over 6 diopters or axial diameter over 26 mm

• retinal dystrophies

• retinal detachment

• abnormal eye shape

• glaucoma

• diabetic retinopathy or other eye comorbidities.