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DSAEK- Postoperative Positioning and Transplant Dislocation

NCT01206127 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Corneal transplant is a surgical procedure where a damaged or diseased cornea is replaced by donated corneal tissue (the graft) in its entirety (penetrating keratoplasty) or in part (lamellar keratoplasty). One type of lamellar keratoplasty is DSAEK (Descemet's Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty), where only the damaged posterior section of the cornea is replaced.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how immediate postoperative positioning of the patient affects the dislocation rate of the corneal graft. Since this is a new surgical method, little scientific documentation has been published in this area.

Conditions

  • Corneal Transplantation
  • Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty
  • Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy
  • Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary

Interventions

OTHER

Postoperative positioning: Bed rest

Patients in this group should be lying down facing up 2 hours postoperatively

OTHER

Postoperative positioning: Sitting up

Patients in this group should be sitting up in a chair 2 hours postoperative

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liv Drolsum, Prof.,MD,PhD · Department of Ophthalmology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-01-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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