title: Management of giant retinal tears using perfluorodecalin as a postoperative short-term vitreoretinal tamponade: a long-term follow-up study.
abstract: To avoid postoperative "compartmentalization" of the vitreous cavity, which may accelerate the recurrence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), and to provide a tamponading effect lasting long enough to allow the formation of a firm chorioretinal adhesion by retinopexy, we managed 11 eyes with giant retinal tears and grade-B PVR with lensectomy, vitrectomy, 5-day internal tamponade with perfluorodecalin (PFD), and postoperative supine positioning until the PFD was removed. Baseline characteristics included myopia (10 eyes; range, 5.00 to 15.00 diopters) and perforating trauma (one eye). All patients underwent PFD/fluid exchange 5 days after surgery. Anatomic attachment of the retina was achieved with two operations (the second one being the removal of the PFD) in 9 (82%) of the 11 eyes (median follow up, 18 months). In eight eyes (73%), there was no evidence of reproliferation; in one (successfully reattached after PFD/fluid exchange), a macular pucker developed. The intraocular PFD used as an internal tamponade appeared to be well tolerated for up to 5 days, as judged by static threshold perimetry in the two patients tested, and by the functional outcomes (64% of the reattached eyes had a final visual acuity of 20/40 or better).
authors.affiliation: University of Milan, Department of Ophthalmology, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bottoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bailo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arpa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prussiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monticelli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Molfetta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011187:Posture; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; C008805:perfluorodecalin