Removal of silicone oil droplet adhering to a silicone intraocular lens using 25-gauge instrumentation.
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.
Sakimoto
Susumu
S
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
Tsukamoto
Yuji
Y
Saito
Yoshihiro
Y
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
D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012827:Silicone Oils