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Extensive Circumferential Partial Thickness Sclerectomy in Nanophthalmic Eyes

NCT03748732 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2018-11-21

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Summary

Purpose: To describe an extensive scleral excision technique to treat or prevent uveal effusion in nanophthalmic eyes.

Design: Prospective interventional case series.

Methods:

* Setting: Institutional.
* Patient Population: Consecutive patients with nanophthalmos were operated on by one surgeon.
* Intervention Procedure: A single, 90% thickness scleral window extending from immediately behind the extraocular muscle insertions to the vortex veins was performed for 3 and 1/4 quadrants as a circumferential strip.
* Main Outcome Measure: Resolution or prevention of uveal effusion.

Conditions

  • Nanophthalmos

Interventions

PROCEDURE

sclerectomy

scleral flap

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rafic Hariri University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ahmad Mansour, MD · Rafic Hariri University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-01-01

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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