iOCT for Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema

Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery48 enrolled

Overview

Patients will be examined before and after surgery with a stand-alone OCT and intraoperative microscope integrated OCT

48 patients with and 48 patients without diabetic macular edema will be recruited for the study. Macular thickness measured with a stand-alone OCT and an intraoperative OCT will be assessed before and after phakoemulsification with intraocular lens Implantation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Diabetic Macular Edema

Interventions

intraoperative OCTDEVICE

before and after surgery intraoperative OCT is performed

stand-alone OCTDEVICE

before and after surgery stand-alone OCT is performed

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Cataract with the indication for surgery (visual symptoms) for both groups (study and control group) * Diabetic macula edema - for the study group * Age 21 and older * written informed consent prior to surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Any relevant corneal disease * In case of pregnancy (pregnancy test will be taken preoperatively in women of reproductive age)

Locations (1)

Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS), Hanusch Hospital Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

macular thickness

macular thickness is measured with the central subfield thickness function

Time frame: 2 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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