title: Silicone oil implantation in penetrating injuries complicated by PVR. Results from 1982 to 1986.
abstract: Between 1982 and 1986, the authors implanted silicone oil in 34 eyes with retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) stages C-3 to D-3 caused by penetrating injuries. The retina had failed to reattach after initial vitrectomy, membrane peeling, and scleral buckling. Complete anatomic reattachment was achieved in 62%, partial reattachment in an additional 9%. Useful functional results were achieved in 68% of cases (visual acuity of 1/60 to 20/20). Postoperative complications included elevated intraocular pressure in 38% and progress of PVR with membrane formation under the silicone oil in 21% of the cases. Sixty-eight percent of the aphakic eyes developed band-shaped keratopathy. Because most of the eyes were aphakic, the authors do not report cataract incidence. In 15 eyes (44%) the silicone oil was removed. In 14 of these eyes the retina remains attached, in one eye silicone oil removal was followed by phthisis bulbi.
authors.affiliation: First University Eye-Clinic, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skorpik
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Menapace
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Gnad
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paroussis
mesh_terms: D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012827:Silicone Oils; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils