title: Condensation of silicone oil on the posterior surface of a silicone intraocular lens during vitrectomy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kusaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils