Combined Cataract Surgery and Planned Descemetorhexis
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Ocular, Ocular |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Ophthalmology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | January 2014 |
A pilot study designed to assess the feasibility of planned descemetorhexis for the
treatment of Fuchs' corneal dystrophy.
treatment of Fuchs' corneal dystrophy.
General Inclusion Criteria:
- Patient >18 years old
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
Ocular Inclusion Criteria (all ocular inclusion criteria apply only to the study eye):
- Fuchs' corneal dystrophy diagnosed
- Cataract present
- Best corrected visual acuity ≤ 20/40
- Candidate for current endothelial transplant procedure (DSAEK, DMEK)
General Exclusion Criteria:
- <18 years old
- Medically unstable patient
- Monocular patient
- Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
Ocular Exclusion Criteria (all ocular exclusion criteria apply only to the study eye):
- Corneal dystrophy other than Fuchs'
- Central corneal scar or central opacity not related to Fuchs'
- Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy or proliferative diabetic retinopathy
- History of prior vitreoretinal surgery
- Advanced or unstable glaucoma
- Known steroid responders with glaucoma
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