AIMS/BACKGROUND Recurrent peripheral retinal detachments may occur in eyes treated with vitrectomy and silicone oil for retinal detachments complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). The aim of this study was to assess whether laser photocoagulation could be used in the presence of silicone oil to confine and stabilise recurrent PVR related peripheral retinal detachments enabling the...

AIM To review retrospectively 74 consecutive cases of combined phacoemulsification and transpupillary drainage of silicone oil. METHODS Candidate patients for intraocular silicone oil removal and cataract extraction underwent combined phacoemulsification and transpupillary drainage of silicone oil through a planned posterior capsulorrhexis and without the use of a pars plana infusion line. ...

Silicone oil use as an adjunct to complicated vitreoretinal surgery is becoming more frequent. Refractory glaucoma in these patients is common. Isolated reports have mentioned the possibility of silicone oil migrating and/or obstructing the tube in the anterior chamber of Molteno implants (IOP, Costa Mesa, Calif). This report describes a case of intraocular silicone oil egressing through an Ahm...

HEAVY silicone oils have shown promising results in the treatment of retinal detachments in the inferior quadrant in several studies. However, their use remains controversial, attendees at a symposium at the 7th EURETINA Congress heard. Proponents of silicone oil say that the specific gravity of these compounds makes them more efficient than conventional silicone oils in providing inferior tamp...

BACKGROUND Patients with Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment develop raised intraocular pressure (IOP) when they undergo pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil. The present study was done to document changes in IOP with silicone oil and after its removal. METHODS The interventional study was conducted at Eye department of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, from August 2012 to July 2014 on 30 pati...

To cite: Mansour AM. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016217023 DESCRIPTION A 77-year-old woman underwent pars plana vitrectomy for recurrent retinal detachment with silicone oil injection 10 years before presentation. Also the patient was placed on antiglaucoma medications. The patient had a history of recurrent corneal ulcerations in both eyes du...

PURPOSE To describe vision loss associated with the use or removal of silicone oil retinal tamponade. METHODS Records were reviewed of all patients with a decrease in visual acuity of at least 3 Snellen lines from best acuity with 5000 centistoke silicone oil in place or after removal of silicone oil at a single retina-only practice between 1996 and 2006. RESULTS Nine patients (6 men, 3 wom...

BACKGROUND To describe one modified method of having machine-independent removal of 5,000 centistokes silicone oil through 23-gauge trocar-cannulas. METHODS Consecutive patients with silicone oil tamponade for more than four months and with complete retinal reattachment were included. Two 23-gauge trocars were used to make sclerotomies while the microcannulas remained in situ for intravitreou...

INTRODUCTION To report a case in which intraocular silicone oil migrated into the upper eyelid and caused ptosis. METHODS A 65-year-old woman presented with proliferative vitreoretinopathy in the right eye. Vitrectomies, injection of silicone oil and encircling were performed. Two months after the last operation, swelling of her right eyelid occurred. RESULT Magnetic resonance imaging revea...

PURPOSE To study the in vitro effect of silicone oil of different viscosities and liquid perfluorocarbons on platelet aggregation. METHODS Silicone oil with a viscosity of 5700 cs and 1000 cs and liquid perfluorocarbons of perfluoroperhydrophenantren and perfluorodecaline were studied to investigate the effect of these agents on platelet aggregation under in vitro conditions. The experiments ...