To Study the Effects of Refractive Surgery on OCT Measurements in the Eye

Description

Corrective eye surgeries, such as Lasik, are widely used to correct focusing problems such as myopia, or nearsightedness. Often these patients develop other conditions like myopic maculopathy or glaucoma which require monitoring with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Since OCT is a light-based test and changes the refractive status of the eye (in the cornea or the lens), it can potentially affect the results of the OCT measurements but has not been sufficiently studied. This pilot study aims at studying the potential change in OCT parameters in the eye after undergoing such surgery.

Conditions

Optical Coherence Tomography, Refractive Errors, Myopia

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Corrective eye surgeries, such as Lasik, are widely used to correct focusing problems such as myopia, or nearsightedness. Often these patients develop other conditions like myopic maculopathy or glaucoma which require monitoring with optical coherence tomography (OCT). Since OCT is a light-based test and changes the refractive status of the eye (in the cornea or the lens), it can potentially affect the results of the OCT measurements but has not been sufficiently studied. This pilot study aims at studying the potential change in OCT parameters in the eye after undergoing such surgery.

To Study the Effects of Refractive Surgery on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Measurements in the Eye: A Pilot Study

To Study the Effects of Refractive Surgery on OCT Measurements in the Eye

Condition
Optical Coherence Tomography
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Omaha

Unversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68105

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Patients undergoing refractive surgery
  • 2. For patients undergoing bilateral eye surgery, the one with higher degree of ametropia will be included.
  • 1. Astigmatism more than 3 Diopters
  • 2. Visual acuity worse than 20/25
  • 3. Patients with unstable visual fixation
  • 4. Severe Dry Eye

Ages Eligible for Study

19 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Nebraska,

Pukhraj P Rishi, MBBS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Nebraska

Study Record Dates

2024-12