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Imaging Ahmed Glaucoma Tubes With a Pericardial Graft and Tissue Glue or Partial-Thickness Scleral Flap and Sutures

NCT00453024 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2008-05-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

When implanting an Ahmed glaucoma tube, a scleral flap is usually created to cover the tube, and the conjunctiva is stitched back in place with nylon 10-0 sutures. It is hypothesized that an equally safe or better method is using a bovine pericardial patch graft that can be secured in place over the tube with tissue glue, and using tissue glue to reposition the conjunctiva in place.

Conditions

  • Advanced Glaucoma
  • Failed Trabeculectomies

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Pericardial graft & tissue glue

PROCEDURE

scleral flap & sutures

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul Chew, FRCSEd,MMed · National University Hospital, Singapore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
41 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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