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Clinical Outcomes of Femtosecond Laser-assisted Pterygium Surgery (FLAPS)

NCT02866968 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-11-21

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Summary

The study will be a pilot interventional case series aiming to treat 30 patients with Femtosecond Laser-assisted Pterygium Surgery (FLAPS). All patients included will undergo FLAPS in one eye. All procedures will be performed in SNEC by fully qualified surgeons. The doctor is informed of the procedure on the day of.

Conditions

  • Pterygium

Interventions

PROCEDURE

FLAPS

Surgical procedures will involve 1) excision of pterygium tissue from cornea and conjunctiva, 2) resection of residual Tenon and coagulation to stop any bleeding 3) preparation of a 8x8 mm conjunctiva autograft in the superior bulbar conjunctiva with the femtosecond laser (12 o´clock position) and 4) fixation of the graft with fibrin glue to the resection site.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Singapore Eye Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jodhbir S Mehta, Prof · Singapore Eye Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-06
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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