Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss After Pneumatic Retinopexy for the Repair of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2015-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

There are multiple ways to treat retinal detachment, the aim of this study is to compare the amount of corneal endothelial cell loss after pneumatic retinopexy in comparison to vitrectomy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age more than 18 years old.

• Patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment undergoing pneumatic retinopexy and pars plana vitrectomy.

• Patients on which specular microscopy and IOLMaster® can be performed without delaying their treatment (availability of a qualified operator).

• Decision makers able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to attend follow-up visits.

• History of previous intraocular surgery in surgical eye, except cataract extraction by phacoemulsification.

• Aphakia in surgical eye.

• Presence of an anterior chamber intraocular lens in surgical eye.

• Need for cryotherapy to treat the retinal break.