Study of Corneas Undergoing Balanced Salt Solution(BSS ®) Versus Glucose-bicarbonate-Ringer Lactate in Cataract Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness and impact of two intraocular irrigating solution (BSS ® versus glucose-bicarbonate-Ringer Lactate - GBRL) on the health of the cornea after cataract surgery by phacoemulsification.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Grupo de Estudos em Oftalmologia Clínica e Cirúrgica
• Collaborator: CLIHON
• Treatments: Pharmaceutical Solutions

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Uncomplicated senile cataract

• Visual acuity (VA) between 20/40 and 20/400

• Healthy corneas

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental incapacity

• Patients with coexisting diseases of the cornea

• Presence of corneal opacity

• Uncontrolled glaucoma

• Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

• Uveitis

• Cells or flare in the anterior chamber

• Prior intraocular surgery

• Patients using topical steroids or systemic

• Traumatic cataract, hereditary or toxic