Preoperative Topic Diclofenac as a Prevention of Postoperative Macular Edema in Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Diabetes has many negative effects on patients' general health. Among many other consequences
it speeds up the cataract formation and that is why diabetic patients need cataract surgery
very often. The known side effect of cataract surgery even in otherwise healthy patients is
postoperative edema of the back of the eye (what causes decrease of vision), which has
greater incidence especially in patients who have diabetic eye problems. The cause of that
might be the intraocular inflammation which was previously demonstrated to be significantly
more prominent in patients with untreated diabetic eye problems. Therefore we will examine if
the 7 day use of anti-inflammatory eye drops prior to the cataract surgery prevent the
formation of the edema of the back of the eye.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Eye Clinic Medic Zuljan Jukic
Collaborators:
Clinical Hospital Center, Split University of Zagreb