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Prospective Randomized Pilot Study Comparing Inferior Versus Superior Conjunctival Autografts for Primary Pterygia

NCT01261455 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-12-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is any difference in the surgical time when the surgery is performed with a graft taken from under the upper lid versus lower lid. The investigators will also be recording the level of pain felt by patients after surgery, any difficulties during or after surgery, and if the pterygium grows back.

Conditions

  • Pterygium

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Location of the autograft taken following pterygium excision

Following pterygium excision, a conjunctival autograft is taken from either the superior or inferior conjunctiva.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Allan Slomovic, MD · Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

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