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Comparison Between Sutureless and Glue Free Versus Sutured Limbal Conjunctival Autograft in Primary Pterygium Surgery

NCT02009072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2014-01-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pterygium is a common ocular pathology facing ophthalmologists that has varied surgical management techniques and high rate of post-operative recurrence. The investigators aim was to compare and evaluate the safety and efficacy outcomes of those two surgical procedures in management of primary pterygium.

Conditions

  • Pterygium

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sutureless and glue free limbal conjunctival autograft

Simple pterygium excision under local anesthesia was performed then closure of the bare sclera by sutureless and glue free conjunctival autograft in 50 eyes of 50 patients (group 1)

PROCEDURE

Sutured limbal conjunctival autograft

Simple pterygium excision under local anesthesia was performed then closure of the bare sclera by sutured limbal conjunctival autograft in 100 eyes of 100 patients (group 2).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Minia University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Shaaban Elwan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shaaban A Elwan, Assist Prof Ophth · Ophthalmology Dep., Al-Minya University Hospitals, Al-Minya, Egypt

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
24 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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