[Late complications following silicone injection. Long-term follow-up of 100 cases].
The authors report on late complications in 100 eyes in which silicone oil injection had been used to treat complicated retinal detachment; the follow-up-period was two years. Redetachment developed in 28 of 100 eyes (30%) during the first year, cataract in 43 of 54 phakic eyes, and glaucoma in 22 of 100 eyes (= 22%). Keratopathy developed in 29 of 46 aphakic eyes up to the 18th postoperative month. After treatment of these complications a visual acuity of 1/50 to 0.4 was observed in 50 percent of the eyes two years after the operation.
D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012827:Silicone Oils / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014792:Visual Acuity
D012827:Silicone Oils
Spätkomplikationen nach Silikonölinjektion. Langzeitbeobachtungen an 100 Fällen.