Overview

Subfoveal Choroidal Thickness After Surgery for Age-related Cataracts

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2015-06-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

To compare the effects of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) and conventional phacoemulsification surgery (CPS) on subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in age-related cataracts.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Sun Yat-sen University

Collaborator:

Ministry of Health, China

Treatments:

Propoxycaine
Proxymetacaine
Tropicamide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- The cataract stages of the patients were between N2 and N4 according to the LOCS III.

Exclusion Criteria:

- eyes with histories of ocular surgery, trauma, and ocular diseases, including diabetic
retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), high myopia, psudoexfoliation,
uveitis, retinal vein occlusion, and other inflammatory and vascular retinal
disorders.