Condensation of silicone oil on the posterior surface of a silicone intraocular lens during vitrectomy.
OBJECTIVE
We experienced a complication caused by the condensation of silicone oil on the surface of a silicone intraocular lens during pars plana vitrectomy.


METHODS
A 74-year-old woman with proliferative vitreoretinopathy underwent a pars plana vitrectomy in her left eye, which contained silicone oil and a silicone intraocular lens.


RESULTS
Intraoperatively, condensation of silicone oil on the posterior surface of a silicone intraocular lens caused a loss of visibility during fluid/gas exchange. The silicone oil droplets could not be removed.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgeons should avoid direct contact of silicone oil with silicone intraocular lens.
Kusaka
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S
W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
Kodama
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T
Ohashi
Y
Y
D000368:Aged; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018630:Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative / Q000601:surgery
D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils