title: The use of silicone oil following failed vitrectomy for retinal detachment with advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
abstract: We have used silicone oil injection in a consecutive series of 44 patients with retinal detachment and advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy, all of whom had previously failed to reattach with vitrectomy, membrane peeling, and scleral buckling. After a minimal follow-up period of six months, complete anatomic retinal reattachment posterior to the encircling scleral buckle was obtained in 64% of these eyes, and visual acuity of 5/200 or better was achieved in 57% of the anatomically successful cases. Silicone oil removal was performed in 69% of the anatomically and visually successful eyes without recurrent retinal detachment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009821:Oils; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D012828:Silicones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body
chemical_list: D009821:Oils; D012828:Silicones