NCT00654888

Automated Lamellar Keratectomy in Symptomatic Patients With Bullous Keratopathy

Study of Automated Lamellar Keratectomy With a New Option in Treatment in Symptomatic Patients With Bullous Keratopathy.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To relieve pain in patients with symptomatic bullous keratopathy (BK) until keratoplasty and in patients without visual prediction. The automated lamellar keratectomy represents a alternative in treatment of pain in symptomatic patients with BK.

Detailed description

Only patients with BK symptomatic (with pain) were submitted to automated lamellar keratectomy (ALK). Complete ophthalmological examination including UCVA,BSVA, biomicroscopy, tonometry, esthesiometry, UBM pachymetry, impression cytology and pain questionnaire were performed in preoperative, postoperative of one, seven, 30, 90, 180 days and one year.

Conditions

• Corneal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ALK (automated lamellar keratectomy)	ALK is performed with a microkeratome, to make a free cap.
DRUG	Mitomycin	mitomycin 0,02%, 30 seconds after ALK

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-03-01
• Primary completion: 2006-03-01
• Completion: 2008-02-01
• First posted: 2008-04-09
• Last updated: 2008-04-11