title: Retinal detachment after silicone oil removal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the causes of retinal detachment after silicone oil removal, to define possible risk factors and the anatomical and functional prognosis of this complication.
  
  
  METHODS
  112 eyes that underwent silicone oil removal were included. The group of eyes with retinal detachment after oil removal (18/112 eyes, 16.1%) was compared with the group with no postoperative retinal detachment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common cause for retinal detachment after oil removal was anterior PVR (77.8%). Initial PVR detachment, advanced PVR stages, anterior PVR, more preceding operations, aphakia/pseudophakia, myopia and shorter duration of the oil tamponade were significantly more represented in the group of eyes with retinal detachment after oil removal. The prognosis of retinal detachment after oil removal is poor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some criteria could be regarded as risk factors for retinal detachment after silicone oil removal. Improvement of the results should be possible by considering these factors and by control of reproliferations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Vienna, Medical School, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Austria. christoph.scholda@akh-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scholda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lakits
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: von Eckardstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Biowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000150:complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012827:Silicone Oils; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D018630:Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D012827:Silicone Oils