title: Removal of silicone oil droplet adhering to a silicone intraocular lens using 25-gauge instrumentation.
abstract: A 36-year-old man with proliferative diabetic retinopathy who had had silicone oil tamponade and removal, silicone intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and neodymium:YAG capsulotomy presented with blurred vision. Slitlamp examination revealed a silicone oil droplet on the posterior surface of the silicone IOL. Pars plana vitrectomy using 25-gauge instruments was performed, and the droplet was easily aspirated with the 25-gauge vitreous cutter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka National Hospital and Tsukamoto Eye Clinic, Osaka and Saito Eye Center, Hyogo, Japan. susumu.sakimoto@ophthal.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakimoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000328:Adult; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils