title: Silicone oil in the aphakic eye: the influence of a six o'clock peripheral iridectomy.
abstract: Complications after six months, in a series of 44 aphakic eyes treated by vitrectomy and fluid/silicone-oil exchange with six o'clock (Ando) peripheral iridectomy, are reported. Comparisons are made with the complications after six months in a similar series treated prior to the introduction of the six o'clock iridectomy. It is concluded that a patent six o'clock iridectomy is effective in reducing the complications of intraocular silicone oil in the aphakic eye.
authors.affiliation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Laganowski
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Leaver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment / Q000473:pathology; D001035:Aphakia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils