Silicone Oil Induced Glaucoma

Treatment of glaucoma secondary to silicone oil retention.

Acute glaucoma following vitrectomy and silicone oil injection.

Three cases are described of acute glaucoma following vitrectomy and silicone oil injection in proliferative vitreous retinopathy. The first case developed silicone-induced pupillary block in a phakic eye. Cases 2 and 3 developed elevated pressure in aphakic eyes with deep anterior chambers. Cases 1 and 3 were treated by laser iridectomy. Case 2 was treated by removal of silicone. The pathogene...

Intraventricular Silicone Oil

Intracranial silicone oil is a rare complication of intraocular endotamponade with silicone oil. We describe a case of intraventricular silicone oil fortuitously observed 38 months after an intraocular tamponade for a complicated retinal detachment in an 82 year-old woman admitted in the Department of Neurology for a stroke. We confirm the migration of silicone oil along the optic nerve. We dis...

Long-term Follow-up of a Case of Gold Shunt Surgery for Refractory Silicone Oil–induced Glaucoma

PURPOSE To report the first case of gold shunt surgery for treatment of silicone oil-induced refractory glaucoma in a tertiary care academic center, with 5-year follow-up. DESIGN The study design is a case report. PARTICIPANTS The participant was a patient who underwent gold shunt surgery. METHODS Institutional Research Ethics Board approval for the study was obtained. A diabetic patient ...

Outcomes of silicone oil removal.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome and complications of removal of silicone oil after pars plana vitrectomy. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust (L.R.B.T), Free Base Eye Hospital, Karachi, from February 2008 to January 2011. METHODOLOGY Ninety five eyes of 95 patients with a history of undergoing three-port pars plana vitrectomy were in...