# Resident-Performed Laser-Assisted vs Manual Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery

> **NCT02561104** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center** · enrollment: 148 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Incipient Cataract
- Senile Nuclear Sclerosis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Laser-assisted cataract surgery.
- **PROCEDURE:** Traditional manual phacoemulsification

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02561104
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-12
- **Primary completion:** 2018-06-19
- **Final completion:** 2018-06-19
- **Target enrollment:** 148 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-21


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02561104

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02561104, "Resident-Performed Laser-Assisted vs Manual Traditional Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02561104. Licensed CC0.

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