title: Vitrectomy with silicone oil or long-acting gas in eyes with giant retinal tears: long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if either silicone oil or perfluoropropane (C3F8) gas is superior to the other in the treatment of giant retinal tears complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-seven eyes with giant retinal tears were treated in a prospective randomized fashion. Twenty-two eyes were randomized to C3F8 gas and 25 eyes were randomized to silicone oil. Follow-up of 60 months is reported. Of the silicone oil-treated eyes, 9 had oil retained in the eye; oil was removed from the remaining 16 eyes. Successful anatomic attachment of the retina, final visual acuity, and surgical complications were the main outcome measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no differences between the groups in any of the main outcome measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study showed that silicone oil and C3F8 gas are equal in most respects for the management of giant retinal tears with proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
authors.affiliation: SSK Ankara Eye Hospital, Department of Vitreoretinal Surgery, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cekiç
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009821:Oils / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*; D012828:Silicones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; D009821:Oils; D012828:Silicones; C042852:perflutren